The ADA Practical Guide to Effective Infection Prevention and Control, Fifth Edition, outlines the importance of implementing comprehensive infection prevention and control practices in the dental office or other treatment setting. This edition features chapters on Dental Water Quality and Special Considerations and Pandemic Preparedness and synthesizes the most current science-based recommendations for infection prevention and control in dental settings from the CDC and Federal agency rules and regulations, including OSHA, the FDA, and the EPA.
This guide is divided into five chapters:
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Infection Prevention and Control
Chapter 2: Disinfection and Sterilization
Chapter 3: Dental Water Quality
Chapter 4: Infection Control During Clinical Procedures
Chapter 5: Special Considerations and Pandemic Preparedness
This book also includes a self-assessment checklist of current infection control practices and review questions to reinforce important concepts. An accompanying CE quiz worth three credits can be found here.