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Continuing Education Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings and OSHA Compliance Presented by Joel Slesinger, CHC, who serves as a Certified Health care Compliance Consultant with MedSafe/Total Compliance Solutions, Inc. FRIDAY, APRIL 27 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. 2 CE credits recommended for dentists, specialists, hygienists, EFDAs & all office personnel Objectives: • • • • Know recent updates to the CDC guidelines. Recognize key concepts in infection prevention and control. Understand the employer’s responsibilities under the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. Recognize OSHA standards applicable to health care practices. Clinical Records Prevent Criminal Records — “Do Dentistry, Not Time” Presented by Roy S. Shelburne, DDS, who specializes in record keeping and business systems that protect and defend. Sponsored in part by CareCredit and SolutionReach. FRIDAY, APRIL 27 8:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. 3 CE credits recommended for dentists, specialists, hygienists, EFDAs & all office personnel Dr. Shelburne went to prison on August 20, 2008, and was released on May 14, 2010, and learned a series of lessons the hard way. There are ways to protect and defend a dental practice and to prevent what happened to him from happening to you. You can protect your practice in the event of a Board complaint, insurance audit, malpractice claim, or criminal complaint. Objectives: • Understand that what you don’t know can hurt you and that ignorance is no excuse. • Learn to assimilate and maintain records that can be both protected and defended. • Understand the necessity of due diligence and how to conduct records review and internal audits to insure accuracy and excellence. Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting for Dental Professionals Presented by Angela M. Stout, DMD, MPH, a pediatric dentist in private practice in Erdenheim, PA, and Mary C. Pugh, Esq., executive director of Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP). N YLVAN 2 CE credits recommended for dentists, specialists, hygienists, EFDAs & all office personnel I TA N 16 NS FRIDAY, APRIL 27 10:00 A.M. – NOON SECOND SESSION ADDED 1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. L MEE TI 2018 Annual Report | Pennsylvania’s Dental Meeting Objectives: • • • • • Understand categories of child abuse as defined by the Child Protective Services Law. Recognize universal child abuse indicators. Recognize clinical and intraoral pathologies of physical and sexual abuse. Understand the legal responsibilities as mandated reporters. Know when, how and where to report suspected abuse, and what happens after a report is made. • Understand the protections for reporters and penalties for failure to report.