Safety standards and infection control for dental assistants - Dietz, Ellen Roberta; Badavinac, Raula (Albany, NY : Delmar, 2002)
Microbiology and disease prevention specific to dentistry -- Introduction to microbiology -- Disease prevention in the dental office -- Patient assessment -- Legal and ethical considerations of infection control -- National guidelines, recommendations, and regulations affecting dental practice -- Regulatory government agencies and professional associations -- The dental office safety supervisor -- Infection control techniques in the dental office -- Personal safety and barrier protection -- Instrument recirculation -- Environmental surface and equipment asepsis -- Dental laboratory asepsis -- Infection control in dental radiography -- Environmental health and safety (hazard communication) in the dental office -- Hazard communication -- Waterline biofilms -- Occupational environmental hazards -- Office emergency procedures -- Office communications regarding infection control -- Marketing infection control
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Keywords: Asepsis and antisepsis; Communicable diseases -- Prevention; Dental assistants; Dental Assistants; Dental offices -- Sanitation; Dentistry -- Safety measures; Emergencies; Infection Control -- methods; Medical -- Epidemiology; Medical -- Health Risk Assessment; Safety Management