P.A.N.D.A. and Infection Control In The Era of Emerging/Re-Emerging Disease(s):  What Dental Practitioners Need to Know

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Date:  October 25, 2024

Time: 9:00am-3:30pm

Location:  Virtual

Join us for a comprehensive 5-hour training session that offers both P.A.N.D.A. and Infection Control which meet the MD State Board of Dental Examiners Requirements.

This essential training covers child, spousal, vulnerable adult, and elder abuse, with a focus on bullying and child trafficking. A certificate from Mid-Atlantic P.A.N.D.A. will be provided. Additionally, learn the latest infection control practices to keep your dental practice safe and compliant with updated CDC/OSHA guidelines. 

Register now to enhance your skills and ensure the safety of your patients and staff!

Infection Control in the Era of Emerging/Re-Emerging Disease(s): What Dental Practitioners Need to Know

Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.  

You will get a certificate from the Mid-Atlantic P.A.N.D.A. Team for 2 hours of training that will satisfy your Abuse requirement.

Course Descriptions and Learning Objectives 

P.A.N.D.A. with Harold Pincus, DDS

**Please Note** You will get a certificate from the Mid-Atlantic P.A.N.D.A. team for 2 hours of training that will satisfy your Abuse requirement.

This presentation will cover child, spousal, vulnerable adult, and elder abuse. There also will be a focus on bullying followed by child and adolescent trafficking. The presentation will help the dental community identify those individuals in our practices that may be victims of abuse and neglect whether child or parent. We need to know what our responsibilities are legally and morally. This is not a problem that is going away. It is imperative on us as health professionals to “step up to the plate” and get involved. This is not easy! But it is too important to deny.

Infection Control in the Era of Emerging/Re-Emerging Disease(s): What Dental Practitioners Need to Know with Dr. DePaola

The emergence of numerous infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and monkeypox as well as the re-emergence of vaccine preventable diseases such as measles and polio has had a dramatic impact on the delivery of oral healthcare. Is it safe to go to the dentist? The answer is yes; when dental practitioners are compliant with recommended infection control practices.

The CDC reaffirmed the importance of Infection Control in the dental office with the release of the Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care and Infection Prevention Checklist for Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care and Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care, which is a summary of infection control recommendations published in Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.2003, Dec. 19, 2003, Vol. 52, No. RR-17, 1-68. More recently, COVID-19 prevention Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, Updated Sept. 23, 2022 has updated to include precautions that are essential to the prevent the spread of respiratory infectious diseases in the dental office. Included in these documents are recommendations for updating of Standard, Contact and Airborne Precautions, especially the reduction of dental aerosol, and there are significant modifications that impact the delivery of healthcare. The alarming increase in respiratory infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections (HAIs) compels all healthcare providers to be knowledgeable about infection control practices that reduce the risk of disease transmission. A thorough review of these new CDC Guidelines as well as the Guideline for Infection Control in Dentistry, 2003, Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and other current CDC/OSHA infection control recommendations will be presented.

This program will provide dental providers with the latest information on the prevention of recent emerging diseases such as monkeypox, measles, polio and COVID-19 in the dental office. Paramount to controlling this pandemic are the principles of respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette and enhancements in respiratory protection that may need to be implemented. Emphasis will be placed on compliance issues and how a practical, cost effective “safe workplace” can be achieved in 2024.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the routes of transmission of infectious diseases and how to break the chain of infection.
• Know the updated recommendations for Standard, Contact and Airborne Precautions.
• Learn the principles of respiratory etiquette to reduce the impact of colds and flu.
• Learn what is new in the 2016, and 2022 Guidelines and how to develop a practical and cost effective infection control methodology to safely treat patients infected with resistant. Bloodborne and airborne diseases, achieve a “safe workplace” and comply with the most current CDC/OSHA recommendations.

Speaker Bio - Harold J Pincus, DDS

Dr. Pincus is a board-certified pediatric dentist, an Attending at Children’s National Hospital, and Clinical Assistant Professor at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr.  Pincus is a graduate of the AAPD Leadership Institute at Northwestern Kellogg Cohort VI and its Advanced Leadership Institute at Wharton School of Executive Education Cohort III. Finally, he is on the Examination Committee as an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

Speaker Bio - Dr. DePaola

Dr. DePaola is the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore. He received his DDS in 1975, completed a master’s degree in Oral Biology; is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists; and has a Certificate in Prosthodontics. He is the Director for dental training for the Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center and served as a member of the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs from 2002-2005. From 1998 to 2002 Dr. DePaola served at the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, Division of Extramural Research of the National Institutes of Health to help develop dental treatment guidelines for patients with HIV/AIDS and infection control practices to protect both patients and practitioners from the transmission of infectious diseases in the dental office.

Dr. DePaola serves as a dental and infection control consultant for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Maryland Department of Corrections. In 2015, Governor Hogan appointed him to the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners, and he was reappointed for another term in 2020. Well known on the lecture circuit, he has presented at most major national meetings as well as numerous international organizations. Active in research, he has authored and co-authored of over 130 journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts and serves as a consultant to the American Dental Association and numerous other professional groups and private industry. He is the Editor of the Book Infection Control in the Dental Office: A global Prospective published in 2020 and Infection Control in the Dental Office in the Era of COVID-19 published in 2024.  Over the past 20 years, he has been awarded over 75 research and service grants, many in the field of antiplaque chemotherapeutic agents, HIV/AIDS, management of medically compromised dental patients, rapid salivary diagnostic testing, dental unit waterlines and infection control. Dr. DePaola was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus for Public Service for the year 2021 and the MSDA Presidential Award for Distinguished Service during the COVIC-19 pandemic.

Agenda

Registration Rates:

3.0 ADA Continuing Education Credits 

Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. 

Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. designates this activity for 3.0 ADA continuing education credits. 

Certificate from Mid-atlantic P.A.N.D.A - 2.0 Hours 

You will get a certificate from the Mid-Atlantic P.A.N.D.A. Team for 2 hours of training that will satisfy your Abuse requirement.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure(s):  All presenters and the Planning Committee report they have no relationships with commercial organizations to disclose.  There will be no discussion of off-label products.

Target Audience: This course is geared towards the following disciplines: Dentists, Dental Assistants, Dental hygienists, and Dental Office Staff. Targeted audience does not guarantee specific discipline credit; please review the above continuing education section for full CEU listing.

Educational/Teaching Methods Used: Lecture, PowerPoint Presentation, Video, Case Study

Cancellation & Refund Policy:

Cancellations for this course must be made no later than one week prior to the program date, and refunds are subject to a 10% processing fee. No refund option will be available for cancellations made less than one week prior to that program date. No-shore registrants will forfeit any payment made for the program. CHEP does not offer vouchers for cancellations for these conferences.

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Virtual Learning Policy and Procedure:  https://www.chepinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CHEP-Virtual-Learning-Policy-and-Precedure.v421.pdf

Presented by:  Chesapeake Health Education Program (CHEP)

Address:  PO Box 229, Perryville, MD  21903

Questions:

Please contact CHEP at (410) 642-1195 or email us at programs@chepinc.org