LONDEC - London Dental Education Centre

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State of the art education and training centre

LonDEC (London Dental Education Centre) is a state-of-the-art education and training centre designed to enhance and further the skills and knowledge of the entire dental team.

Opened in late 2009, by King’s College London in partnership with the NHS London Deanery, the £2.4 m high-specification centre is dedicated to the task of training healthcare professionals, driving clinical standards and improving clinical leadership via unrivalled opportunities for continuous personal and professional development.

Postgraduate education

LonDEC provides an unrivalled range of dental courses, and is home to a vast selection of postgraduate education and continuing professional development opportunities for every member of the dental team at all levels.

Perfectly located

Just a short walk from Waterloo mainline station, the London Dental Education Centre is based in the Franklin-Wilkins building of King’s Waterloo Campus and is the perfect location for the training that supports the development of new and advanced skills in modern dentistry.

Organization address

150 Stamford Street
SE1 London
United Kingdom
Tel : (+44) 0207 848 4570

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Organization website

https://www.londec.co.uk/

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Infection control and decontamination is central to running a CQC compliant practice. Guidelines and regulations on managing every aspect of dentistry are constantly being revised. So it can difficult to keep up to date and digest what is new and relevant to your practice.This course is designed to highlight and explain new issues in infection control and decontamination and how you might implement new guidance into your practice’s infection control policy.Learning objectives:This full day course will be split into two sections the morning session will cover an update on the principles and management of infection control and prevention in primary care and is suitable for the whole dental teamThe afternoon session will review antimicrobial stewardship highlighting the worldwide problem of antimicrobial resistance and the role of the dental team in responsible and appropriate antimicrobial prescribing. The Health and Social care Act Code of Practice 2015 has made antimicrobial stewardship in dental practice a requirement of CQC registration. In order to achieve this requirement dental practitioners are encouraged to diagnose the clinical cause of the oral bacterial infections and provide definitive local treatment when appropriate and only consider the use of antibiotics in line with published guidance. The course will cover auditing of antimicrobial use in dental practice, and the antimicrobial treatment of common oral bacterial, viral and fungal infections.<ul><li>Appreciate which micro-organisms which may potentially be transferred through dental procedures.</li><li>Be able to implement clinical infection control protocols in General Dental Practice.</li><li>Understand the need for antimicrobial stewardship and audit in dental practice.</li><li>Be able to recognise the symptoms & understand the tests used to diagnose common oral and peri-oral infections.</li><li>Be able to treat and manage common oral and peri-oral bacterial, fungal & viral infections & understand their overall clinical management.</li></ul>

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