In this week’s episode of “Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliott”, Megen continues her series on best practices within the dental office by looking at the remarkably important topic of hand hygiene.
Episode Highlights:
- The importance of hand hygiene
- The two types of microflora on the hands
- Resources: The ‘Miller Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team’ textbook and CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines
- The proper way to wash hands
Quotes:
“Whip off your gloves, write in the chart, oops we didn’t use hand hygiene in between!”
“Our gloves are made well, but they’re not made perfect.”
“Hands are the most important source of microorganisms in disease spread.”
“Hand hygiene is now regarded as one of the most important elements of infection control activities.”
“All it takes is one weak link in the chain for someone to be compromised.”
“It is our job to keep the patients safe.”
Links:
More Dental Assistant Talk Episodes:
https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentalassistanttalk/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
American Dental Assistants Association homepage: https://www.adaausa.org/
The ‘Miller Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team’ textbook: https://g.co/kgs/Gzi41j
CDC Hand Hygiene homepage:
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/hand-hygiene/index.html
