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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:
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OSAP members support name change
As part of a rebranding campaign to increase awareness of OSAP throughout healthcare, the Board surveyed you, its members, on the advisability of a name change.
Your votes overwhelmingly indicated that a change was in order -- not to the OSAP acronym -- but to position the organization in a more preventive role.
However, many members were concerned that the name "Organization for Safety And Prevention" may be too broad and offered this alternative: "Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention". Same acronym but keeping the original name's "asepsis" to better identify OSAP's scope.
In its April 20 meeting, the Board of Directors voted to change the name to "Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention". The Board will continue to work on other elements of the rebranding campaign and will unveil all the changes at the OSAP Symposium June 10-13 in Tampa.
Select OSAP's future leadership
OSAP members are again encouraged to cast your vote - this time for three new Board Directors. Tomorrow you will receive an email ballot that lists the candidates for the three openings requiring the vote of full membership. Please play an active role in OSAP's future by helping select new Board members!
Early-bird discount for OSAP Symposium expires at the end of April - just days away!
Don't delay -- register TODAY to save $50 in OSAP members' MUST ATTEND PROGRAM. You won't want to miss this resource- answer- networking- action-packed conference. Up to 25 hours of CE available.
ANOTHER new BENEFIT for OSAP members!
OSAP is pleased to introduce its first webinar, "Infection Control Makeover" starring Eve Cuny MS. The webinar was developed through OSAP's new partnership with PennWell Publishing and costs $15 BUT IS FREE FOR OSAP MEMBERS UNTIL MAY 27!!!
It's easy - just go to www.INEEDCE.com and look for the brand new webinar in which Eve will take you through some basic changes that will not only give your practice "curb appeal" but will give you the confidence of compliance. Enter ICMOSAP in the "coupon code" box at checkout for the free one hour CE. This OSAP member benefit has been made possible through the generous support of the Harry J. Bosworth Company. Thanks Bosworth Company!
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| Your Generosity makes a BIG DIFFERENCE
Thanks to the following OSAP members who made generous donations to the OSAP Foundation in March. 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.
Elva Bullock, LaDonna Drury-Klein, Julia Hallisy, Patricia Junquera, Howard Pactovis, and Ann Steiner,
and Corporate Members Lori Paulson (American Dental Cooperative)and Douglas Braendle (SciCan).
Welcome New Members
Please join the Board in welcoming the following new members who joined in March:
Dr. Rosalba Arevalo, Dr. Tom Balmer, Dr. Jeff Bartley, Lusiane Borges, Stacy Campbell, Angel Cardenas, Liliana de Paiva Donatelli, Anne Green RDH, Janine Lopez, Patricia Mathie RDH MEd, Angie Michlig, Dr. Juan Paz, Dr. Jose Pedraza, Dr. Douglas Risk, Denise Romero RDA CDA BS, William Torre, Frances Wilmes CDA, and new corporate member Cleankeys, Inc.
Thanks for Helping OSAP Grow
Hats off to Carmen Betts DDS and Jack Wagner (MicroScientific) for bringing in new members during March. 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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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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