Senior Specialist Clinical Teacher in Oral Medicine
King's College London Dental Institute
1 hour verifiable CPD
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Verifiable CPD
A certificate for 1 hour of verifiable CPD is provided on completion of the webinar and a short evaluation.
Learning Aim
Appreciate why hand hygiene is an essential measure in the prevention of spread of infections such as Flu and MRSA
Be able to perform effective hand hygiene on every occasion
Learning Outcome
How to be compliant with the hand hygiene guidance set out in the new Department of Health regulations HTM01-05
The why, how and when to clean hands
Which hand hygiene product is right for which situation
About the Presenter
Caroline PankhurstDr Caroline Pankhurst BSc PhD BDS MSC MRCPath (Specialist in Oral Microbiology) is a dentist and was a Clinical Senior Lecturer, Oral Microbiology, King’s College London Dental Institute. Now she is actively involved in postgraduate dental education and training. She is a freelance infection control consultant to Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham PCTs and Southern Health Board, Northern Ireland and was a member of Decontamination in Primary Care committee at the Department of Health. She is the author of “Control of Infection Guidelines for General Dental Practice” now in its third edition, and is the co-author of a new book entitled Basic Guide to Prevention and Infection Control in Dentistry. Currently she is appointed to Editorial Boards of “Primary Dental Care” and BMC Oral Health. She was President of BDA Metropolitan Branch in 2006.
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