Foundations: Building The Safest Dental Visit
This episode's guest, Greg Holder, MPH, serves as a Policy Analyst at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Division of Oral Health, where he analyzes state and local legislation and other health policy to determine its impact on oral health and, the use of infection prevention guidelines. He also responds to public inquiries.
On the latest episode of The Official OSAP Podcast Greg joins Michelle to discuss a new free, online training called Foundations: Building the Safest Dental Visit. The goal of the training is to help raise awareness of the importance of infection prevention and control year-round. The CDC is partnering with OSAP to increase the reach and utility of this training and rolled it out during Dental Infection Control Awareness Month! OSAP will provide free dental continuing education credit hours for learners who complete the Foundations training.
Tune in today to find out:
- OSAP's role in the Foundations training
- how you can earn FREE CE hours for this course
- why dental health care professionals need to educate their patients on what they are doing to keep them safe
For more details listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-official-osap-podcast/id1510842868
The Official OSAP podcast episodes are released on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other streaming services on Fridays. Host Michelle Lee is OSAP’s Executive Director. OSAP is the only dental membership association solely focused on infection prevention and patient safety education. Our members include clinicians (Dentists, Registered Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, Practice Managers, and other dental team members), dental educators, consultants, and both dental infection control manufacturers and distributors. OSAP focuses on strategies to improve compliance with safe practices and on building a strong network of recognized infection control experts. Michelle discusses a wide range of patient safety and infection control topics with experts across the field in dentistry.
