This course is a comprehensive review of the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and provides the necessary information for a dental office to be in compliance with the Standard.  The course consists of five (5) sections. 

This course will help your office in meeting the following HIPAA requirements:

• Designating a HIPAA Point Person (HPP), such as your office manager, to keep abreast of HIPAA and what is required for your office.
• Developing policies and procedures for your practice to ensure compliance and protection of patients’ Private Health Information (PHI)
  • Oral Communications
  • Patient Sign-ins
  • Placement of Patient Schedules
  • Filing of Patient Records/Charts
  • Fax Protocols
  • Discarding of Patient Information
  • Train all employees about the HIPAA Privacy Rule and established Privacy Policies and Procedures
• Understanding the “Minimum Necessary Standard”
• Posting Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) in waiting rooms and provide to all patients Acknowledgement of Receipt of the Notice
• Developing a disclosure-tracking methodology for your practice
• Developing proper forms (i.e., consent/acknowledgement of NPP and authorization forms)
• And more....

This course discusses the human herpesviruses (HHVs) and their adverse affects from cold sores to cancer, from trivial to debilitating, from self-limiting to lethal. A review of the research is presented with a focus on a relatively new anti-HHV medication - Viroxyn® and Private Label Store Brand equivalents. This is an exciting, new addition to the anti-HHV armamentarium: the first treatment system to capitalize on the topical, microbicidal approach in a field currently dominated by systemic, anti-DNA nucleosides. Your effective application of these treatments may help improve quality of life for your HSV-1 patients and their families. With this knowledge you may even save lives.