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OSHA & CDC Guidelines: OSAP Interact Training System 6th Edition

This workbook helps dental health care personnel (DHCP) understand the health and safety considerations established by government guidelines and regulations. The workbook contains 10 courses, and each course includes three parts:

1. Explanations and references to a wide array of infection control and related health and safety information. There are fill-in-the-blank questions designed to familiarize you with locations and procedures specific to your office and to aid comprehension.
2. One-on-one or group follow-up discussion items to use as conversation starters with your office’s Infection Control Coordinator and/or employer.
3. A short-self assessment to highlight the key points in each lesson and to evaluate your knowledge of your office’s procedures.

Preview the first chapter here.

Learning Objectives 

1. Describe how OSHA’s regulations protect dental health care workers from occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and hazardous chemicals.
2. Describe the roles and responsibilities of dental team members in infection prevention and control
3. Explain how OSHA regulations and CDC infection prevention and control guidelines are applied in a site-specific dental healthcare setting.
4. Differentiate regulations, recommendations, and standards.

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Assessment

After a complete review of the workbook, you are eligible to take an online assessment to earn ten (10) hours of continuing education (CE) credit. The inside cover of each workbook contains instructions on how to access the assessment, utilizing a unique access code.

You will have two attempts to pass the assessment with a 70%. You will receive your pass or fail result immediately after completing the assessment. After taking the assessment your score and documentation of completion will be emailed to the valid email address you provided at the beginning of the assessment.

Note: You can only successfully complete the assessment once. You may not repeat it in a subsequent year for additional CE credits.

Course Details

Educational Method: Self-Instruction
Course Type: Print publication 
CE Credits: 10
Estimated time to review workbook: 10 hours
Post-course assessment:  80 questions
Compatibility:  Workbook (hard-copy), Assessment (Desktop, laptop, and tablet)
IBSN-13: 978-0-9752519-3-5

Course Credentials

Continuing Education

OSAP is an ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) 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.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

Please email the OSAP office at [email protected] or call (410) 571-0003 if you wish to be in contact with the course author/creator(s) with any questions or for clarification of course concepts.

Recognition Term: 11/01/2020 - 06/30/2025

California Dental Board Registered Provider

Provider ID #: RP4067
Valid Until: 02/28/2023

New York State Education Department Approved Provider

Provider ID #: IC061
Valid Until: 02/28/2024

Disclosure

• the manufacturer of any commercial products and/or provider of commercial services discussed in an educational activity and
• any commercial supporters of the activity.

2019 Content Review Team

Kathy J. Eklund, RDH, MHP
Director of Occupational Health and Safety
The Forsyth Institute
Disclosures: Other Financial or Material Support - Royalties OSHA & CDC Guidelines: OSAP Interact Training System

Helene Bednarsh, BS, RDH, MPH
Director Ryan White Dental Program
Boston Public Health Commission
Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Ashley MacDermott, MPH, CHES
Director of Education
Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP)
Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Chris H. Miller, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology
Executive Associate Dean Emeritus
Associate Dean Emeritus for Academic Affairs and for Graduate Education
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

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