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, Antimicrobial Stewardship in Dental Facilities, equips healthcare professionals with strategies to improve antibiotic use in outpatient dental settings. This course reviews prescribing trends, identifies risks linked to overprescribing, and introduces key components of successful dental antimicrobial stewardship programs. Participants will learn how to overcome implementation barriers, measure program impact, and engage patients through targeted education and communication.
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 common situations in dental facilities for which antibiotics are prescribed
- Identify the risks associated with antibiotics
- Define antibiotic stewardship and how antibiotic stewardship can prevent antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection
- Identify elements and barriers of an antibiotic stewardship program
- Discuss measures used to determine the success of an antibiotic stewardship program
- Discuss the importance of educating and engaging patients in the dental stewardship program
Continuing Education Credit
