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WEBINAR: COVID 19 UPDATE with OSHA training. New information to better prepare healthcare professionals as they return to patient care

WEBINAR ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS. Register for course and on the week of event, you will be sent an email with a link to the webinar. Be sure to look on the same email address that you provided us with when creating your UT Health CDE account.

May 15, 2020

Course overview

The world of dentistry is changing! Dentist and staff are heading back to the clinics and need to be prepared for the extra precautions required.

 The risk of an occupationally acquired infection and the potential for cross-contamination has always been present in dental practice. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has unmasked weaknesses of our prior standard-based precaution protocols to protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection. The intent of this course is to discuss and contrast newly released guidance set forth by the CDC, OSHA, and ADA to minimize the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the clinical process (for the protection of patients and oral health care personnel alike).

This course will provide an update on the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic landscape, strategies to mitigate it’s progress in the community, and provide a detailed focus on the newly introduced recommendations and requirements for the practice of dentistry moving forward.

Objectives

Participants in this course will be introduced to evidence-based information that will facilitate compliance with 29 CFR Part 1910.1030, Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, Final Rule (Federal Register 56(235): 64004-182, 1991 and the implementation of recommendations made by other federal, state, and local agencies and professional organizations.

  In addition to fulfilling your annual OSHA requirements upon completion of this course, oral healthcare personnel should be able to:

Understand the rational for the need for an Infection Control/Exposure Control Protocol

Develop and implement an practical Infection Control/Exposure Control Protocol appropriate for a particular oral healthcare setting.

  Which include the following essential elements:

Education and training

Standard precautions Vaccinations

Personal protective equipment

Work practice and engineering controls

Environmental infection control

Post exposure evaluation and follow-up

Medical record

Presenter(s)

Michaell A. Huber, D.D.S.
- MICHAELL A. HUBER, D.D.S., received his dental degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School in 1980. He continued with postgraduate training in Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology at the National Naval Dental Center, Bethesda, Maryland in 1986 and received a Certificate in Oral Medicine in 1988. Upon his retirement from the United States Navy in 2002, Dr. Huber joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Dental Diagnostic Science at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School.
  
  He has been teaching both pre-doctoral and graduate dental students at the Health Science Center, and is an active participant in the Dental School's Tertiary Care Oral Medicine Clinic. His current research activities include evaluating novel diagnostic techniques for the early detection of oral cancer.
  
  Dr. Huber is certified by the American Board of Oral Medicine and holds memberships to the American Academy of Oral Medicine and the American Dental Association. He has many other professional affiliations, and over the past 22 years, he has held numerous positions in professional organizations. Dr. Huber has accepted invitations to lecture before many local, state, and national professional organizations.
  
  As an officer of the Dental Corps in the United States Navy, Dr. Huber's assignments have included numerous ships and shore stations. At Norfolk, Virginia, he served as Force Dental Officer, Commander of the Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Command Consultant in Oral Medicine and Radiology at the Naval Dental Center; and Head of Oral Diagnosis/Central Sterilization Department, Naval Base Branch Dental Clinic. You may contact this author at huberm@uthscsa.edu

Time

Check-in: Get online by 8:45 AM
Program time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Location

Webinar

Tuition

individual: $59.00

Credit

Hours: 3.0

LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR

TSBDE considers "Live Interactive Webinar" equal to an "In Person" course. Full CE credit hours are awarded. This webinar is NOT pre-recorded. It is live and interactive with the presenter.

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Phone: (210) 567-3177
Email: smile@uthscsa.edu

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