Disinfection and Decontamination for the Dental Team (SO280214)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectCore Skill
DescriptionThis course is for the entire practice team. A six hour “CORE” course for GDC registrants, attendance will satisfy the General Dental Council’s verifiable CPD target of 5 hours spent on “Disinfection and Decontamination” in every 5 year cycle.
Additional informationThe course will assist the dental team to assess their infection control, disinfection and decontamination procedures, and to move their practices towards “Best Practice”. It will demonstrate how practice teams can work together to satisfy HTM 01-05 and clinical governance requirements.
The speaker, Dr Martin Fulford BDS MPHIL DGDP FIBMS, GDC 61504 spent 13 years in medical microbiology before qualifying as a dentist. He then combined general dental practice and research, with particular emphasis on infection control, before retiring from clinical dentistry 17 years later. Martin has published numerous
peer reviewed papers and a textbook on infection control in dentistry. He is currently a member of an ISO working group on microbial contamination in dental unit waterlines and lectures extensively in the UK and worldwide on infection control in dentistry.
VenueEducation Centre, RSHH, Southampton  View details
Date & timeFriday 28 February 2014, 09:30 to 16:30
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours6:00
Cost£25.00
Aims
  1. To understand current legislation and guidance relating to infection control and decontamination
  2. To understand the aetiology and causes of infectious diseases in dental practice
  3. To provide a risk assessment of the transmission of infectious diseases in the dental environment
  4. To show how practices can work towards “Best Practice” as recommended by the latest HTM 01-05 guidelines