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1. Implement the 2019 OSHA requirements for the dental industry.
2. Evaluate guidelines for workplace safety from ergonomics to transmittable diseases.
3. Develop a comprehensive compliance plan for 2019.
4. Prepare for an OSHA inspection.
5. Manage compliance for solo or multi-site locations.
6. Maximize compliance with a custom checklist of policies and procedures.
7. Verify employee compliance with policies and procedures. 

Guideline and Requirement HOW TO’s:

• Assess Adherence
• Avoid OSHA Violations
• Evaluate your Exposure Control Plan
• Assess for Potential Hazards & Document Accordingly
• Handle a Reportable Incident with the Patient and Employee
• Improve your Post Exposure Management Plan
  • Sharps Injury Log Requirements
  • Best Way to Document & Maintain the Employee Medical Record
• Address Occupational Transmission of:
  • HBV
  • TB
  • Hep C
  • HIV
  • Required Immunizations & Titers
• Evaluate Personal Protective Equipment
  • What’s Required
  • Ensuring Compliance
  • Avoiding Litigation
• Develop a Policy & Plan to Address
  • Workplace Violence
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Fire Prevention
  • Emergency Action
  • Radiation Safety
  • NOMAD System
  • Waste Management
  • Laser Safety
  • Monitor for Quality Control

Training Requirements

• Keep Required Training Interesting
• The Different Requirements for New Hires vs. Annual Training
• Ensure Chemical Safety
  • Is your SDS Up-to-date?
  • What about Accidental Exposure Next Steps?
• Ergonomic Evaluations

The Latest Changes in the Infection Control Plan

• OSAP Book
• Waterlines
• NEW CDC Guidelines
• Sterilization Requirements & Monitoring
• Packaging & Biological Indicators
• Dental Lab Compliance
• Strategies to Reduce: Beryllium Exposure, Silica Exposure

Would Your Office Past the Test?

• Handling an Audit
• Next Steps After a Fine or Penalty

Olivia Wann, RDA< JD, joined the dental profession in 1985, working as an office manager and a dental assistant; and she presently runs a successful law practice and a compliance company, Modern Practice Solutions, LLC, that specializes in the dental industry. A dental speaker since 1999, she has presented compliance programs to dental practices, dental schools, and universities in all 50 states, and has spoken extensively on the topics of HIPAA compliance, OSHA compliance, Infection Control, policies development, and collections. She was one of the contributing authors and experts for the ADA’s publication, Managing the Regulatory Environment: Best Practices, and has written articles for leading dental journals such as Dental Economics. In addition, she has served on the regulatory compliance panel for the American Dental Association as a consultant.

Ms. Wann graduated from the Nashville School of Law with a Doctorate in Jurisprudence, and magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management from St. Joseph’s College.

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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

• Dentists
• Dental Hygienists
• Dental Assistants
• Office Managers
• Compliance Officers
• Safety Coordinators
• Administrative Personnel