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Why Your Company Needs to Order OSHA Dental Ultra™ The goal of a dental infection-control program is to provide a safe working environment that will reduce the risk of healthcare associated infections among patients and occupational exposures among Dental Healthcare Professionals. OSHA Dental Ultra™ highlights medical errors which are caused by faulty systems, processes, and conditions that lead persons to make mistakes or fail to prevent errors being made by others. Effective program evaluation is a systematic way to ensure procedures are useful, feasible, ethical, and accurate. Program evaluation is an essential organizational practice; however, such evaluation is not practiced consistently across program areas, nor is it sufficiently well-integrated into the day-to-day management of the majority of programs. |
Dental Healthcare Professionals can be exposed to pathogenic microorganisms including cytomegalovirus (CMV), HBV, HCV, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, HIV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, staphylococci, streptococci, and other viruses and bacteria that colonize or infect the oral cavity and respiratory tract. These organisms can be transmitted in dental settings through:
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direct contact with blood, oral fluids, or other patient materials
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indirect contact with contaminated objects (e.g., instruments, equipment, or environmental surfaces)
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contact of conjunctival, nasal, or oral mucosa with droplets (e.g., spatter) containing microorganisms generated from an infected person and propelled a short distance (e.g., by coughing, sneezing, or talking)
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inhalation of airborne microorganisms that can remain suspended in the air for long periods
“OSHA Dental Ultra™ will not only guard you against an on-site OSHA inspection but, will give your employees the tools they need to establish a safer work environment.
Did you know OSHA views natural teeth which may be used by Dental Healthcare Professionals and dental students as specimens under OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and must be handled with universal precautions and which are subject to the containerization and labeling requirements of the standard unless they are appropriately decontaminated.
They must be placed in a container which prevents leakage during collection, handling, processing, storage, transport or shipment. The container must be labeled with the biohazard symbol along with the word "Biohazard" in the required contrasting colors or color-coded and closed prior to being stored, transported, or shipped.
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