Water Safety for Dental Facilities

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This course is one of our Infection Prevention and Control Strategies for Dental Facilities videos. See below for links to other courses!

Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s, Water Safety for Dental Facilities, provides healthcare professionals with essential guidance for preventing waterborne transmission in dental environments. Participants will learn to recognize microbial risks, manage waterline biofilm, and apply water quality standards from the ADA and EPA to ensure safe patient care.

Target Audience

Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are or will be directly involved in infection prevention activities in their facilities. These are infection prevention professionals who have participated in and gained considerable knowledge through specialized infection and control training and have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control concepts.

Audience examples: Advanced Beginner to Proficient Infection Preventionist, Advanced Beginner to Proficient HAI/AR/IPC staff, Novice to Proficient Healthcare/Public Health Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease /Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pharmacist.

Overall Learning Objectives

Discuss the importance of water quality in dental facilities and microorganisms of concern
Describe factors that promote biofilm and bacterial growth
Discuss regulatory standards and recommendations for monitoring water quality

Continuing Education Credit

CE credit is not available for this course.

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