Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team

Controlling the spread of disease agents and maintaining office safety are two of the most rapidly expanding areas within and among all dental health-care professions. The book provides basic concepts, specific step-by-step procedures and the current regulatory mandates related to infection control and the management of hazardous materials for the dental team. Although the book is written for students in allied dental health programmes, it can be used to emphasize infection control procedures, hazardous materials management and current regulatory mandates in undergraduate and graduate dental courses. The book also updates office safety procedures for practising dentists, hygienists and assistants. This book includes basic concepts in microbiology with descriptions of bacteria, viruses and fungi, how infectious diseases develop, oral microbial diseases and blood borne disease agents. It contains all explanation of how disease agents may be spread in dental environments and a description of regulations relating to office safety.