RiskMatters: Launch Episode – Laurie Walsh – IC Updates

Did you know there are four key documents every dental practitioner must have access to in a dental surgery? Did you also know about the recent and upcoming changes to these? Join Dr Annalene Weston and Emeritus Professor Laurie Walsh, industry expert and co-author of one of these documents, Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control, as they explore what every dental practitioner needs to look out for. This discussion will include recent updates to the guidance as well as upcoming changes for 2022.

1.36 – What should every dental practitioner be looking for in the updated infection control guidance?
5.58 – Pre-procedural rinses
9.00 – How COVID is making practitioners feel?
10.40 – Masks
17.25 – Gown wear and skin/wound management
22.50 – Infection control – quick checks for every dental practitioner
28.40 – Infection control breaches and their consequences
34.40 – Foils Tests
38.00 – HEPA filtration
42.00 – Transfer tweezers
44.00 – The relevance of taking a medical history
48.04 – Prion disease
51.38 - Handshakes

'The four documents every dental practitioner must have access to in a dental surgery' can be accessed here: https://www.dentalboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines/Policies-Codes-Guidelines.aspx

*This advice was valid on 24th January 2022