Continuing Dental Education

Infection Control and California Dental Practice Act

Date:	Sunday, April 11, 2010
Time:	Registration: 08:30 a.m. Lecture: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuition	$160 DDS / $110 AUX
Location:	Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
Credit:	7 hours of CDE credit

Infection Control presented by

W. Eugene Rathbun, DDS, PhD

Professor, Department of Periodontics
School of Dentistry
Loma Linda University

Nancy Andrews, RDH, BS

Instructor, Department of Dental Hygiene
West Coast University, Anaheim, CA

California Dental Practice Act presented by

Bette Robin, DDS, JD

Attorney
Private Practice
Tustin, CA

SYNOPSIS

Infection Control

This program is designed to help the dental professional become current in the areas of office safety and infection control. This course will satisfy the California Board of Dental Examiners’ requirements for Infection Control.

Dental Practice Act

This seminar meets the California Dental Board requirement for mandatory continuing education of the Dental Practice Act.

OUTLINE

Infection Control

•   Practical infection control
•   Blood-borne pathogens
•   Treating the medically compromised patient, representative problems including cardiac valve abnormalities, HIV, hepatitis and prosthetic joints
•   New and current recommendations of the CDCP and regulations of California Board of Dental Examiners
•   Progress in reducing exposure incidents
•   Dental unit waterlines: problems and progress
•   Sources of practical and reliable information

Dental Practice Act

• Scope of practice issues
• Unprofessional conduct
• Drug prescribing & recordation regulation
• Patient consent laws
• Continuing education requirements
• Advertising regulations
• Office registration
• Mandtory reporting requirements

Email continuinged@llu.edu for more information.

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