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Dentaltown Learning Online....Pandemic Response in Dentistry to COVID-19: Best Practices for Re-Opening. By Dr. Margaret Scarlett.

5/13/2020 8:48:45 AM   |   Comments: 0   |   Views: 38
Dentaltown is pleased to present...Pandemic Response in Dentistry to COVID-19: Best Practices for Re-Opening.  By Dr. Margaret Scarlett.

This CE course can be found here....
https://www.dentaltown.com/onlinece/details/1014/pandemic-response-in-dentistry-to-covid-19-best-practices-for-re-opening




This course provides the basics of pandemic preparedness and response for COVID-19 with best practices for closing and re-opening of dental practice. Dental health personnel are among those at highest occupational risk for acquiring COVID-19, according to OSHA. Data indicate that both droplets and certain aerosols from both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients up to 13 feet away contain the RNA virus, SARS-CoV-2. 
Therefore, minimizing prolonged, close contact with patients will reduce any risk of transmission of pathogens. As the data evolve, key questions remain. This course reviews key infection control policies and practices by dental offices prior to re-opening. Among best practices evolving, these include optimizing teledentistry use for patient intake, management of some emergencies with prescriptions, and risk reduction, including IRT and medical management of caries. 

Margaret Scarlett DMD is an infectious and chronic disease prevention specialist, dentist and author.  First author of the original Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection control guidelines for dentistry in 1986, Dr. Scarlett is dedicated to infection control, and health and safety in the dental office and dental schools.  Retired from the US Public Health Service after more than 20 years, she was a senior director of policies and programs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For thirty years, Dr. Scarlett has provided expert guidance as a consultant to CDC, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the United States Agency for International Development, the American Red Cross, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Conference Board and many consumer health companies.
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