Safety Standards and Infection Control for Dental Assistants / Edition 1

by Ellen Dietz-Bourguignon

Overview

Infection Control for Dental Assistants addresses the requirements set forth by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) Task Analysis to prepare students for the national Infection Control Examination (ICE). To facilitate instruction and learning the text is broken down into six major areas - Microbiology and Disease Prevention Specific to Dentistry; National Guidelines, Recommendations and Regulations; Infection Control Techniques; Environmental Health and Safety; and Office Communications Regarding Infection Control - according to their relevance to the dental assistant's role in infectious disease prevention. Numerous hands-on procedures and assessment questions are designed to help students track their comprehension and retention of presented material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780766826595
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	11/20/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ellen Dietz-Bourguignon, CDA, AAS, BS is an Associate Degreed CDA and has a BS in Allied Health Education in Dental Auxiliary Utilization. Ellen also holds a Community College Teaching Certificate from Suny Albany, has been Managing Editor of Dental Assisting Magazine, and has published ten books, including Dental Office Management and Safety Standards and Infection Control for Dental Assistants, both which are Thomson Delmar Learning textbooks.

Table of Contents

Section I: Microbiology and Disease Prevention Specific to Dentistry. Chapter 1: Introduction to Microbiology. Chapter 2: Disease Prevention in the Dental Office: Chapter 3: Patient Assessment. Chapter 4: Legal and Ethical Considerations of Infection Control. Section II: National Guidelines, Recommendations, and Regulations Affecting Dental Practice. Chapter 5: Regulatory Government Agencies and National Associations. Chapter 6: The Dental Office Safety Supervisor. Section III: Infection Control Techniques in the Dental Office. Chapter 7: Personal Safety and Barrier Protection. Chapter 8: Instrument Recirculation. Chapter 9: Surface and Equipment Asepsis. Chapter 10: Dental Laboratory Asepsis. Chapter 11: Infection Control in Dental Radiography. Section IV: Environmental Health and Safety (Hazard Communication) In the Dental Office. Chapter 12: Hazard Communication. Chapter 13: Waterline Bio films. Chapter 14: Work-Related Environmental Hazards. Chapter 15: Office Emergency Procedures. Section V: Office Communications Regarding Infection Control. Chapter 16: Marketing Infection Control