Surgical Draping in the Dental Office

Aseptic technique is the method used to prevent cross-contamination and the transmission of pathogens. Correct draping is critical to a successful surgical outcome.

Placing implants or considering placing implants? 

How do you know if your dental surgery room is suitable for surgical procedures?

How do you prepare the room prior?

What is new in the area of surgical hand preparation that makes it so much easier for the surgical team?

Want to know how to properly prepare the surgery with hands-on training to open surgical drape packs and create sterile fields?

Lecture objectives   

1. Define the role and responsibilities of each surgical team member
2. Demonstrate correct surgical hand antisepsis, gowning and gloving
3. Prepare the patient, surgical site and environment in accordance with evidence-based and best-practice standards
4. Apply aseptic technique principles and practices utilising a standardised approach

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Megan Reilly has 33 years’ experience working in infection prevention and management in the community, residential, office-based, acute and day surgery health-care setting. Over the years, she has attended and presented posters and papers at state, national and international conferences, published in Australian Healthcare Infection and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology peer-review journals, and until recently, co-coordinated the Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and Control course with the Centre for Nursing Education at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Dr Roslyn Franklin has 12 years’ experience in the public and private dental sector as a dentist in regional and metropolitan centres.  After this she moved her focus from dental practice to dental assistant teaching and training and, most recently, runs her own small business specialising in dental practice accreditation and dental practice infection control with clients all over Australia.

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