TC White dental webinar: Infection Prevention and Control

Overview

18:00 - 19:00 BST

Covering a core GDC CPD topic, Natalie Cook will offer a review of current Infection Prevention and Control guidelines and advice on practical application for dental teams.

Within the Clinical Effectiveness Workstream of NHS Education for Scotland, Natalie works with the Quality Improvement in Practice Training team (QIiPT) as a Dental Tutor. This entails developing and providing infection control and decontamination training and education to dental teams throughout Scotland. 

Aims of the webinar:

• Explain the recent changes in decontamination and infection control
• Discuss the difficulties in the application of standard infection control precautions and identify methods to address these
• Identify reasons why infection control is important in the dental practice

Intended learning outcomes:

At the end of the session, delegates should be able to:

• To direct the dental team toward the latest guidance on infection control and decontamination
• Update the dental team in current guidance
• Enable the dental team to apply this in a practice setting

GDC Outcome:

C