Annual Conference Content

Federal Agency Updates - Regulatory

Updates from FDA - Lauren Giles, RAC

Updates from OSHA - Joanna Mitchell 

Educational Funding Provided By: Henry Schein

Federal Agency Updates - Guidance

NIOSH Research Projects Evaluating Health and Exposures Among Dental Personnel - Brie Hawley Blackley, MS, PhD

Updates from the CDC Division of Oral Health - Michele Neuburger, DDS, MPH

Educational Funding Provided By: Henry Schein

Dr. John S. Zapp Global Lecture: How Education and Entrepreneurship Make   a Global Impact

Ragina Hamidi, MA

Educational Funding Provided By: Dentsply Sirona

OSAP Dental Unit Waterline Mock Trial – Understanding Malpractice and  Product Liability 

Eve Cuny, MS, CDIPC; Amanda Hill, RDH; Shari Landes, RDA; Olivia Wann, JD; Michael J. Williamson, JD, CHC, CCEP; and Edwin J. Zinman, DDS, JD

Moderator: Shannon Mills, DDS

Educational Funding Provided By: ProEdge Dental Water Labs

Case Studies in Waterborne Pathogen-Related Infections in Dental Facilities 

Megan Canright Racicot, MPH, CIH, and Kimberly Kirkland, MPH

Educational Funding Provided By: HuFriedyGroup

The Truth About Your "Magic Machines": Testing Performance of Cleaning and Sterilization Equipment for Better Patient Outcomes

Seth Hendee, CRCST, CIS, CER, CHL, CSPDT, CFER

Educational Funding Provided By: Tuttnauer

Monitoring Dental Healthcare-Associated Infections: What You Should Know
Kelli C. Mack, Col, DDS, and Julie M. Richards, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC

Educational Funding Provided By: Young Innovations

The Value of Certification

Gaylene Baker, MBA, RDH, DISIPC; Amy Gagne, RDHEF; and Renee McNally, BS, COA, CDIPC, QOA, RDA, CDA, CPFDA, CRFDA, SOA

Moderator: Jen Hawley Price, MS, MAS

Educational Funding Provided By: OSAP-DANB-DALE Foundation Collaboration

Eye Safety: A Good Look
Karen Daw, MBA, CECM, CDIPC, and Marie T. Fluent, DDS, CDIPC

Educational Funding Provided By: Palmero Healthcare

What’s in the Air? Biological Sources of Aerosols in Dental Clinics

Khaled Altabtbaei, PhD

Educational Funding Provided By: Unimed Government Services

Achieving Safety Culture in Dentistry and Why it Matters 

Joseph Castellano, DDS

Educational Funding Provided By: Darby Dental Supply

Talkin’ Bout My Generation: Educating Future Infection Control Coordinators

Kandis Garland, RDH, MS

Educational Funding Provided By: OSAP-DANB-DALE Foundation Collaboration

Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Dentistry

Erinne Kennedy, DMD, MPH, MMSc

Educational Funding Provided By: Dr. Don Cohen, DMD, OSAP Foundation Board Member

Applying CDC Core Practices in Dentistry

Eve Cuny, MS, CDIPC, and Kathy Eklund, RDH, MHP

Educational Funding Provided By: Halyard

Clear Standard Operating Procedures Equal Fewer Sleepless Nights 

Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH, CDIPC

Educational Funding Provided By: Medicom

Using Human Factors Principles to Improve Patient Safety Practices in Dentistry

Joy D. Void-Holmes, RDH, BSDH, DHSc

Educational Funding Provided By: Kerr TotalCare | Metrex

Dental Unit Waterlines Disinfection and Testing: Know the Products and Systems that are Available

Ramneek Rai, DDS  

Educational Funding Provided By: Solmetex/Sterisil/DryShield

Opioid Prescribing in Dentistry - A Safety Issue

Richard Harold, DMD, JD, and Ronald J Kulich, PhD

Educational Funding Provided By: Dr. Don Cohen, DMD, OSAP Foundation Board Member

Penicillin-Allergy De-labeling: The Role of the Dental Office in an Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative

Elaine Bailey, PharmD, and  Marie T. Fluent, DDS, CDIPC

Educational Funding Provided By: Dr. Don Cohen, DMD, OSAP Foundation Board Member

 Infection Control on the Move

 Jill Moore, EdD, MHA, BSDH, RDH

Educational Funding Provided By: Patterson Dental

Screening, Testing, & Infection Control: Changing Guidance for Hepatitis B Virus & Implications for the Oral Health Setting

Roza Tammer, MPH, CIC

Educational Funding Provided By: Unimed Government Services

Emerging Infectious Diseases – Impact on The Safest Dental Visit

David A. Reznik, DDS, ICD 

Educational Funding Provided By: HuFriedyGroup