014 Discovering DSOs with Ashley McCauley

Doug Mayer, Training Manager and Product Specialist with Dentsply Sirona Midwest, joins Ashley once more on this week’s episode of  “Discovering DSOs with Ashley McCauley” to continue their series about infection control, this time focusing on clinician accountability in this area.

 

Episode Highlights:

 

• What clinician accountability means to Doug
• Some ‘must haves’ that need to be included in infection control systems and protocols
• Additional training for the Infection Prevention Coordinator

 

Quotes:

 

“I think there’s been a lack of information about accountability.”

 

“Doing what a reasonable and prudent dentist would do, or what a reasonable and prudent dentist would not do.”

 

“The media can make a firestorm out of things.”

 

“The first thing to do…is to appoint an Infection Prevention Coordinator.”

 

“Please rely on your product manufacturers.”

 

“Having that electronic record and just having it all in one place is fantastic.”

 

“If it looks like you’re trying, they’re going to be more likely to be supportive of that.”

 

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

 

The Association of Dental Support Organizations homepage:   https://www.theadso.org/

 

Doug’s email:   doug.mayer@dentsplysirona.com