002 The Official OSAP Podcast with Michelle Lee

In this week’s episode of The Official OSAP Podcast with Michelle Lee, Michelle interviews Dr. John Molinari, one of the founding members of OSAP, who shares the story of how OSAP began and the critical role it continues to play in promoting infection control in dentistry.

 

Episode Highlights:

 

• The history of OSAP
• The important role of dental companies, manufacturers and distributors play in supporting OSAP
• The early struggle to introduce infection control recommendations in dentistry
• Why medical regulations, recommendations, and guidelines are being applied to dentistry

Quotes:

 

“People were concerned about AIDS in the early ‘80s – Hepatitis B was always the problem, but people were really scared about AIDS.”

 

 “Early on, and for many years…the companies, the manufacturers, the distributors, really carried us, but allowed us to go out to spread the message, and it was a great partnership.”

“We needed to impress the administrators that infection control was worth the investment.”

“Sometimes they would use one pair of gloves all morning, maybe all day, because that was what they had.”

“I want it to be known, or to be remembered, that the student group in the American Association of Dental Schools, they were one of the groups that was really responsible for pushing the early infection control recommendations.”

“They were actually treating known AIDS patients before a number of the schools thought they were.”

“You are seeing patients who are infected, you just don’t know it.”

“I’m so proud of what dentistry has accomplished over the years.”

 

Links:

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

  

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

 

OSAP’s homepage: https://www.osap.org/

  

Michelle Lee’s email:   mlee@osap.org