US Army medical course - Infection Control and Drugs in the Dental Clinic MD0509

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• Publisher: US Army and www.survivalebooks.com
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 91
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

US Army, INFECTION CONTROL AND DRUGS IN THE DENTAL CLINIC, SUBCOURSE MD0509, EDITION 200, Survival Medical Manual
Dental specialists assist dental officers in many aspects of patient care. A very
important part of patient care is infection control and maintaining a high level of
cleanliness in the dental treatment area. One of the purposes of this subcourse is to provide you with knowledge concerning disease transmission, individual measures for protection against infection, methods of sterilization, storage of sterile items, disposal of regulated waste, and chemical disinfection of equipment.
Dental assistants also need to be familiar with the various drugs involved in
dental therapy, even though dental officers are solely responsible for prescribing the drugs. Terms related to drugs are reviewed, and drugs commonly used in dentistry are described, together with their uses.
The subcourse instructional material consists of three lessons And an appendix
as follows:
Lesson 1, Disease Transmission and Standard Clinical Procedures.
Lesson 2, Sterilization and Disinfection.
Lesson 3, Drugs in the Dental Clinic.
Appendix, Drugs Commonly Used in Dentistry

✦ Table of Contents

ADMINISTRATION......Page 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 3
INTRODUCTION......Page 4
LESSON 1......Page 6
1-2. BACTERIA......Page 7
1-4. VIRUSES......Page 8
1-6. TRANSMISSION ROUTES FOR INFECTIONS......Page 9
1-7. DEFENSE MECHANISMS OF THE BODY......Page 10
1-8. TYPES OF DISEASE TRANSMITTED......Page 11
1-12. INDIVIDUAL PRECAUTIONS/PROTECTION......Page 12
1-13. ASEPTIC HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE......Page 14
1-14. STERILE TECHNIQUE......Page 15
EXERCISES......Page 16
SOLUTIONS......Page 22
LESSON 2......Page 24
2-2. CLASSIFICATION OF DENTAL ITEMS......Page 25
2-4. STERILIZATION BY THE AUTOCLAVE (MOIST HEAT)......Page 26
2-5. THE ULTRASONIC CLEANING UNIT......Page 27
2-7. INSPECTING ITEMS FOR STERILIZATION......Page 28
2-9. HEAT-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE TEST......Page 29
2-11. BACTERIOLOGICAL SPORE TESTING......Page 30
2-13. STORAGE AND SHELF LIFE OF STERILE ITEMS......Page 31
2-14. HANDLING PROCEDURES FOR STERILE ITEMS......Page 32
2-15. DISPOSAL OF WASTES......Page 33
2-18. USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS FOR DISINFECTION......Page 34
2-19. CHEMICAL AGENTS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR STERILIZATION......Page 35
2-20. CHEMICAL AGENTS COMMONLY USED FOR DISINFECTION......Page 36
2-22. FIXED AND SEMI-FIXED EQUIPMENT......Page 37
EXERCISES......Page 39
SOLUTIONS......Page 53
LESSON 3......Page 56
3-3. ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS......Page 57
3-4. PHARMACEUTICAL TERMS......Page 58
3-7. ANESTHETICS......Page 60
3-9. METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS......Page 61
3-11. NARCOTIC ANALGESICS......Page 62
3-14. ANTIBIOTICS-GENERAL......Page 63
3-18. HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES-GENERAL......Page 64
3-22. COMMON TOPICAL ANTISEPTICS......Page 65
3-25. HEMOSTATICS......Page 66
3-29. CONTROL OF NARCOTIC ANALGESICS......Page 67
3-31. PRESCRIPTION WRITING......Page 68
3-32. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION......Page 70
EXERCISES......Page 71
SOLUTIONS......Page 85
DRUGS COMMONLY USED IN DENTISTRY......Page 88