Preventing Medical Errors in the Dental Office - 2CE

Recommended by the Florida Dental Hygiene Association

Patient safety can mean the difference between life and death. Would you like your practice to be as safeguarded as possible? This course introduces you to medical errors and applicability to dentistry. Utilizing the Patient Safety Goals for Dentistry© you will identify error-prone behaviors and analyze your practice in nine different areas including infection control, medication safety and team communication. This course is a downloadable pdf file.  (Meets Florida CE requirement.)
Cost: $25 - 2-CE Awarded
 

Waterless Hand Hygiene:
A Guide to Product Selection - 1CE

Available July 31, 2010. Waterless hand hygiene products play an important role in your overall infection control protocol. Product features are quite varied and selecting the best product to meet your needs can be confusing. This 1-hour course reviews the role of waterless hand hygiene along with criteria for selecting products. Eliminate confusion in your practice by comparing over-the-counter products to healthcare-grade products. A healthcare product comparison guide is included. This course is a downloadable pdf file.
Cost: $15 - 1-CE Awarded
 

Risk Management for Dental Hygienists - 1CE

Available July 31, 2010. Research, technology and access to care continue to expand the practice of dental hygiene. While these advancements present exciting professional opportunities to serve patients, they also present unforeseen areas of exposure. This course presents an overview of basic risk management principles as related to dental hygiene as well as key strategies for minimizing patient-related and practitioner-related perils. Regardless of your practice setting, implementing proven risk management strategies is more important now than ever. This course is a downloadable pdf file.
Cost: $15 - 1-CE Awarded

 

Rules and Tools for Recordkeeping - 3CE

There is a fine line between maintaining patient-centered, yet legally defensible records. How you document is just as important as what you document. This course includes basic recordkeeping applicable to electronic and written records as well as documenting unusual occurrences and conversations. Learn to recognize subtle differences in words and correct legally unsafe record keeping habits to decrease the risk of litigation. This course is a downloadable pdf file. This course contains key sections of the "Dental Risk Prevention for Auxiliaries" course.
Cost: $30 - 3-CE Awarded
 

Dental Risk Prevention for Auxiliaries:Communicating
and Recordkeeping for the Dental Practice - 6CE

This 120-page workbook is ideal for self-study, staff meetings or classroom learning. The content includes clinical examples, hypothetical questions, rules and discussions. Learn how to improve your documentation skills as well as your patient communication skills to reduce risk and improve patient safety and patient satisfaction. This workbook will be shipped to you via UPS ground service.
Cost: $59 - 6-CE Awarded