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Important Updates Regarding Handpiece Cleaning, Maintenance, and Sterilization Requirements
Educational Objectives
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Analyze the history of current infection control guidelines.
- Examine and discuss key requirements of the CDC guidelines for handpieces and related instruments.
- Evaluate clinician accountability to the infection control guidelines.
- Demonstrate proper cleaning, maintenance, and instrument sterilization techniques while avoiding common mistakes.
Abstract
Fun Fact: The average office generates over $132,000 of revenue with EACH highspeed handpiece, per YEAR!
Infection Control in dental settings has been an important topic for decades. This is especially true for dental handpieces and other instruments. In the early 1990’s, the first headlines regarding possible transmission of HIV from a dentist to several patients brought the topic to light and shortly thereafter, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published the “Recommended Infection-Control Practices for Dentistry, 1993.” This was followed by the updated and consolidated CDC “Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings – 2003” and the March 2016 CDC “Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings – Basic Expectations for Safe Care.” Additionally, ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) conducted testing to provide the safest processing standards data to instrument manufacturers for their implementation.
Yet, there are still misunderstandings about what the guidelines recommend and how a licensed dental clinician is held accountable to these “guidelines and recommendations.” To that end, specific recommendations exist that are paramount to proper instrument infection control practices as well as state law and State Dental Board rules that necessitate compliance as a condition of licensure. Proper dental instrument maintenance along with manufacturers’ recommendations for maintenance and sterilization can provide compliant infection control strategies. And proper maintenance of instrumentation leads to better instrument function and longer-lasting equipment.
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Author Bio
Douglas J. Mayer
Handpiece, Infection Prevention, and Dental Industry Expert
Doug is currently in his 32nd year in the dental handpiece business. He is an expert in dental handpiece design, use, maintenance, and infection prevention. He has designed several current generation handpiece systems as well as written the handpiece maintenance and infection prevention protocols for the two largest handpiece companies in North America. Doug has trained over 8,000 dealer Sales and Service personnel in the USA and Canada, countless dental offices, as well as the sales forces for two of the top handpiece manufacturers in the dental industry. Doug has also had the privilege of assisting several state dental boards with updates to their infection prevention rules, including authoring several updated state laws.
Doug received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Iowa in Political Science, with an emphasis in Public and Constitutional Law. Doug is a former intern for the United States House of Representatives focused on public law research. Prior to that, Doug furthered his mechanical aptitude by obtaining his auto mechanics degree during high school from DeKalb College, Clarkston, Georgia.
Industry Disclosure
Doug Mayer is currently Director of Infection Prevention, Process Specialist for RiteWipe, LLC
Formerly:
- Training Manager and Product Specialist for Dentsply Sirona Midwest.
- Director of Training and Product Specialist for KaVo USA Dental Corporation.
- Territory Manager for both Midwest and KaVo in the greater Chicago area.
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This free Dental Learning presentation is made possible through the continued support of . Douglas J. Mayer is a consultant and/or speaker for the following companies and/or organizations: Dental Learning, . Douglas J. Mayer may receive an honorarium as compensation from the CE Supporter of this presentation and/or from Dental Learning for the time involved in preparing and delivering this online presentation.
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