CTE California Career and Technical Education Standards (2564)

Industry Sector Health Science and Medical Technology (426)

Pathway D. Support Services (78)

Strand D1.0 Students understand the responsibilities of their roles and perform their tasks safely by using appropriate guidelines (51)

Standard D1.3 Know the process for evaluating compliance with corporate, legal, regulatory, and accreditation standards, ethics, and codes.

Standard Performance Objective: Given tasks in the dental office, student will demonstrate competency in performing their duties properly and safely within prescribed guidelines, referring to appropriate text in manuals as necessary.

Lesson Objective: At the end of the lesson the student will be able to prepare trays for several procedures, including routine dental exam, simple extraction, and treatment of caries with 100% accuracy within 30 minutes.

Equipment/Supplies: Instruments for dental procedures, including items for patient safety such as paper drape, clips, lead shield, rubber dam, and protective eyewear.

Comment: Savage and Walsh (1996, p. 395) cited the emergence of hepatitis B and HIV in the 1980s as the driving force behind new emphasis on cross-infection control in the dental office. As they point out, the U.S. enacted substantial federal legislation with strict guidelines administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Ideally the student will be able to accomplish the tasks without referring to any procedural manuals, but often this takes time and experience in a practice. Students should understand that they should not guess if they are unsure, since ramifications for OSHA violations can be serious for the individual and for the practice. It is acceptable to ask the dentist or other experienced colleagues. Students can use print references; knowing how and where to find the correct information quickly is an important skill.

California Career and Technical Education Standards (2564)

Industry Sector Health Science and Medical Technology

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Strand D1.0 Students understand the responsibilities of their roles and perform their tasks safely by using appropriate guidelines (51)

Standard D1.1 Understand the process for evaluating operational systems and determining processes for improvement (3)

Standard Performance Objective: Given tasks in the dental office, student will demonstrate competency in articulating procedures and discussing the ways services are evaluated, with an eye toward improvement.

Lesson Objective: At the end of the lesson the...

Students who are able to discuss the dental practices may be in a position at some point to train other students and/or employees. They will increase their value to their employers if they are able to assess the work being done and make or suggest improvements.
California Career and Technical Education Standards (2564)

Industry Sector Health Science and Medical Technology

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Strand D2.0 Students understand the protocols and practices necessary to maintain a clean and healthy work environment:

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Standard D2.1 Know how to evaluate potential causes and methods of transmitting infections and how to apply standard precautionary guidelines.(25)

Standard Performance Objective: Given tasks in the dental office, student will demonstrate ability to maintain a clean and healthy dental operatory both before and after a patient procedure.

Lesson Objective: At the end of the lesson the student will be able to demonstrate how to set up and clean up the operatory both before and after patient procedures, applying standard precautionary guidelines, within sixty minutes.

Equipment/Supplies: Sterilized instruments (before), instruments for sanitization and autoclaving (after), sanitizing solution, basin for holding solution, rubber gloves, face shield, protective gown, small brush, autoclave wrapping paper, indicator tape, autoclave, distilled water, paper towels, and vinyl gloves.

Comment: Savage and Walsh (1996, p. 398) discussed new standards for cross-infection control in Australian dentistry. In training programs, "Students are examinable at any stage during their clinical training in the cross-infection control area." Because of the emphasis on cross-infection control in today's health care environment, this is sound practice for any program anywhere in the world. It keeps students (and their teachers) continually aware of the importance of following safety procedures. Accidents can happen with even the best health care providers if they are not mindful of what they are doing or if they…