009 The Official OSAP Podcast with Michelle Lee

Dr. Kevin Plummer, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Restorative Sciences at the Dental College of Georgia and speaker at the upcoming Boot Camp, joins Michelle on this week’s episode of The Official OSAP Podcast with Michelle Lee to share some of his knowledge and experience with infection control, and to review the topics he’ll be addressing at the Boot Camp.

 

Episode Highlights:

 

• Dr. Plummer’s experience in Dentistry with the Army
• The challenges he sees for infection control in today’s practices
• Operatory prep and laboratory infection control

 

Quotes:

 

“Infection control kind of sticks to you like stink on a skunk.”

 

“Coming up with ways to motivate folks in their environment and get some buy-in and behavioral change can be extremely difficult.”

 

“Even if you do unannounced walk-throughs, it’s like you’re in a bubble.”

 

“The feedback potential that you can create by figuring out how to come up with some kind of small group or small sessions, that allow folks to voice their concerns and their opinions and ask questions is extremely important.”

 

“The thing that’s really motivated most of the employees that I’ve worked with lately in the large setting is trying to make them understand how this affects their patients.”

 

“Most laboratories…know…little to nothing about infection control.”

 

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