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Many dental practices assign a clinical staff member, often a dental assistant or hygienist, to serve as the office’s compliance officer or compliance manager. Typically, the primary duties of this position are to:

• make sure that staff is aware of the various federal agencies that issue infection control guidelines
  • provide an explanation of what each agencies’ mission is and why it’s involved in creating and enforcing rules on infection control
• regularly compare the practice’s current infection control plan and procedures to federal and state guidelines to ensure compliance
  • The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) offers a sample policy and a template that practices can fill in to help ensure their plans and procedures are both current and compliant.
    • The model plan in that resource has not been updated to include information on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS); details on that are available in the .
    • The GHS is expected to prevent injuries and illnesses, save lives and improve trade conditions for chemical manufacturers.
• download and distribute the appropriate infection control checklists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the , and make sure staff is aware of how to use them and why it’s important to do so
• develop customized written plans to ensure the practice is compliant with all applicable guidelines and regulations
• help ensure that each member of the dental team receives annual training on infection control procedures and protocols
  • keep training records that document:
    • the date(s) of the training session(s)
    • a listing of the topics covered during the training or a summary of the program
    • the names and qualifications of whomever conducted the training
    • the names and job titles of everyone who attended the session
  • maintain that documentation for at least three years
• indicate which specific tasks are assigned to which individual employees and make sure that those tasks are competed properly
• use CDC’s to help make sure the practice is in compliance
• help make sure everyone in the practice adheres to the current
• develop a post-exposure plan and ensure that it’s followed if needed
  • make sure that all members of the team know how to contact the designated health provider to conduct post-exposure follow-up medical care
  • the practice must maintain any exposure records according to the requirements of the appropriate federal or state regulations and follow whichever rules are most stringent
• Refer to the 福利姬视频Tip Sheet on Exposure Control Plans and the 福利姬视频Sample Exposure Control Checklist, which is included as a Resource in this module, which appears courtesy of the , for more information about what should be included in the practice’s written exposure control plan.

Resources:

• OSHA [PDF]
• OSHA
• CDC [PDF]
• OSHA
• 福利姬视频Tip Sheet on Exposure Control Plans [PDF]
• 福利姬视频Sample Exposure Control Checklist [PDF]
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• CDC

• OSHA’s