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Dear Valued OSAP Member:
This online newsletter brings you the latest news regarding dental infection control and safety. You can scan the headlines, click on a topic and get an instant summary of infection control news, agency and association updates, and more!
Sponsors of this publication include the following OSAP corporate members:
We hope you enjoy and benefit from this important OSAP "members-only" publication.
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OSAP ADVOCACY
OSAP is pleased to announce a new strategic initiative which directs more resources toward developing a stronger advocacy position on infection prevention and safety. Following are two new advocacy efforts. We'll post a monthly status report in this publication as well as share information on the new initiatives we're adding. Please email me your thoughts about this direction for the organization at tlong@osap.org. We'd appreciate your input.
New Checklist Project for OSAPThe OSAP Board of Directors is allocating proceeds from the successful 2009 charity auction to an exciting new project targeted to community-based oral healthcare programs. The project will apply and adapt existing infection control guidelines into a simple infection control checklist targeted to settings using portable dental equipment or vans without operatories. Look for the checklist in early 2010.
NORA
NIOSH (the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) issued a call for comments on its draft National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) as it pertains to its National Healthcare and Social Assistance Research Agenda. OSAP asked for member feedback in last month's issue of The OSAP Report Online. Thanks to a great team led by Kandis Garland RDH MS, and members Enrique Acosta-Gio DDS PhD, Kathy Eklund RDH MHP, Joy Howard RN MSN, Leann Keefer RDH MSM, Anne Mills RN MSN COHN-S, and Shannon Mills DDS, OSAP will be sending an official response that proposes bringing dentistry into the agenda. We will post the final response early next week onto the OSAP website.
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C. Yolanda Bonta DMD MS recently was appointed Executive Director, Hispanic Dental Association (HDA). Dr. Bonta was a founding member of the HDA. She has 17 years in the corporate dental industry with Colgate-Palmolive, plus years of experience in academia and clinical research. She is well known throughout the dental industry for her passionate leadership and her steadfast determination to promote innovation and excellence in the field of dentistry, including infection control.
Kent Fletcher will lead the Professional Business Unit at Sunstar Americas, Inc. Sunstar Americas, Inc., a long-time corporate sponsor of OSAP, has recently re-organized its Executive Management Team. Dan Descary has been promoted to lead the Sales and Marketing Division for the Americas. In the US, Jim Doyle leads the US Retail Business Unit and Kent Fletcher leads the Professional Business Unit. As Kent will retain the Professional Relations function within his new team, OSAP hopes for his continued involvement encouraging and supporting quality educational programming for the broadest possible audience.
Michael Glick DMD, Editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association, and Friend of OSAP, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Glick is professor of oral medicine and associate dean for oral and medical sciences at the A. T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. His appointment at Buffalo is effective Dec. 1.
Your Generosity makes a BIG DIFFERENCE
Thanks to the following OSAP members who made generous donations to the OSAP Foundation in September. It's an easy thing to do, and it goes a long way to help OSAP achieve its vision of Safe Dental Care for People Everywhere.
September Donors:
Lucien Daigle DMD, Brinard Duncan DDS, Ms. Ellen Grady, Ms. Lori Paulson, Dr. Timothy Schwartz DDS, Mr. Thomas Tillotson, and Cheryl Wolf CDA BS.
Welcome New Members
Please join the Board in welcoming the following new members who joined in September: Man & Machine, Inc. (new corporate member), Melisa Burton DDS MHA, Kimberly Nelson, Lynn Rehnborg RDH, Renee Watts DDS, and Noel Rivas DDS.
Thanks for Helping OSAP Grow
Hats off to Janet Leigh BDS DMD for bringing in new members during September. Every OSAP member (that means YOU) should try to bring in at least one new member each month. The result---more people around the world with the information to help make dentistry safer. Please encourage a colleague to join today. You can make a difference. Plus, you'll earn $5 OSAP Bucks for each new member you refer. Click here for a membership application.
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OSAP's mission reaches around the world. OSAP is seeking international reporters. If you would like to become an international reporter for OSAP, or you know someone who would like to become one, please contact Office@OSAP.org. Back to top | |
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Editors:
Patricia Podolak DDS MPH
Therese Long MBA CAE
Editorial Review Board:
Lawrence Fish MBA
Anne Mills RN MSN COHN-S
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