Is managing dental unit waterlines in your practice still a puzzle? In this episode, the Divas discuss how to better understand your water test results by having confidence in your water quality rather than guessing.

Resources:

• CDC - Dental Unit Water Quality https://bit.ly/3UR3ua5
• Agenics Labs Water Testing Resources for Dentistry https://www.agenics.net/resources
• Agenics Labs Special DICAM Give-away https://www.agenics.net/compliancedivas
• Agenics Labs STAT: https://www.agenics.net/s/STAT-Response-GP30040.pdf

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Did you know that evaluating safer sharps devices is require as part of OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens training? The Divas provide information on what you must include in training, along with the what, why and how of engineering controls and engineered Sharps Injury Protections (ESIP).

Resources:

• Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act https://bit.ly/4mt3Pfb
• Healthcare Purchasing News - Two Decades Later, Are We Safer? Revisiting Sharps Injury Prevention in U.S. Healthcare https://bit.ly/47PvEd4
• CDC Workbook for Designing, Implementing & Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program https://bit.ly/4mYzcxX
• Annual Needlestick and Sharps Injury Evaluation form https://www.thecompliancedivas.com/resources
• CDC Sharps Evaluation Worksheet https://www.thecompliancedivas.com/resources
• Examples of Sharps Safety Devices for Dentistry https://www.thecompliancedivas.com/resources

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The Divas take a deep dive into the attitudes, stigmas and facts surrounding the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. This compelling discussion includes historical as well as current information about providing oral health care to this very deserving group of patients.

Resources:

• Williams Institute Study on HIV Discrimination in Dental Care https://bit.ly/45nO1UZ
• CDC Stop HIV https://bit.ly/4fEzdom
• CDC - Undetectable = Untransmittable https://bit.ly/3HhTZxx
• NIH - Attitudes and Practices of Dentists Treating HIV+ Patients in the Era of New Antiretroviral Therapy: A 12-year Update https://bit.ly/4lD7dTA
• CDC MMWR Notes from the Field: Occupationally Acquired HIV Infection Among Health Care Workers - United States, 1985-2013 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6353a4.htm
• HIVDENT https://www.hivdent.org/
• Movie - And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic Available on most streaming services

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