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Over 60 million Americans are said to use alternative medicines, and 70% of these people do not tell their physicians. The implications of this fact are alarming. Alternative medicines are part of the reality that health care professionals must now deal with when treating their patients. To neglect this fact is to place some of your more enthusiastic patients at risk.This course gives a rigorous and detailed evaluation of alternative remedies. Its goal is to separate fact from myth and provide the health care professional with an objective understanding of what patients are increasingly seeing as a legitimate health option, regardless of their doctor’s recommendations. Among the topics this course discusses are the reasons patients turn to alternative medicine, the differences among allopathic, complementary, and integrative medicines, and the role of "healing hands." It also evaluates the health claims made for herbal remedies, discusses vitamins, minerals, and hormonal supplements, and talks about ways to counsel patients regarding the use of alternative medicine.
This course reviews the development of antimicrobials and their place in dentistry. The goal is to enable you to select appropriate antibiotics in terms of potency against oral pathogens and to balance that potency against possible toxicity and hypersensitivity reactions. You'll learn to classify antibiotics according to their effect on target pathogens and range of activity so that you will quickly bring odontogenic infections under control. Refresh your knowledge of penicillin and the best alternatives when penicillin cannot be prescribed. Be prepared to recognize when antifungal agents are required. Finally, you'll be prepared to manage patients who need antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis and those who are taking antibiotics prescribed for medical conditions. The world of microbes can affect dental treatment. After taking this course, you can be confident in your ability to conquer that world. This course will take you beyond the 2001 anthrax attacks to delve into the murky world of bioterrorism. You will learn which bioagents are expected to join anthrax as weapons that could threaten our public health system and spread panic. You will understand the transmission and characteristics of infectious disease caused most likely agents of terrorism, from Arenaviridae to Yersinia pestis. Implement disease control strategies in your office. Calm patient fears by suggesting tactics that will enable them to provide their own safety measures.If you have no patients with Cardiovascular disease, you aren't asking the right questions. Do abbreviations like VSD, TPA, S1, and AED leave you scratching your head? Do you feel uneasy about your knowledge of cardiovascular disease? You are not alone! The purpose of this course is to provide you with a better understanding of cardiovascular diseases and facilitate better communication among the health professions. It condenses and enhances what you learned in school and brings you up-to-date in this important subject, so that you can screen patients for cardiovascular disease, and obtain appropriate consultation where indicated. This course is replete with illustrations to help visualize the content. The subject has ramifications not only for our patients but also for ourselves and our families. Enjoy updating yourself on the medical aspects of dentistry.Approximately 28 million Americans are without teeth. On average, Americans 45 to 75 have only half their teeth, and 75 million Americans are missing 2 to 3 teeth. These statistics are not pretty. Given the 90% success rate of implants, their greater stability, comfort, and ability to inhibit the process of bone resorption, dental implants have become one our best options for patients wanting a healthy, attractive smile.In order to provide appropriate standards of care, health professionals should be familiar with objective signs and symptoms of chemical dependency, understand the impact of chemical dependency on patient management, and be familiar with the social and legal consequences that result from inappropriate use of mind-altering substances. This program is designed to provide you with that information so you can take appropriate steps to help both patients and coworkers who are abusing mind-altering substances.Even when they are not his own, toothaches can be a dentist’s most vexing and challenging problems. They come unexpectedly, often needing immediate attention, invariably on a day when you’re already running behind schedule. When a patient calls complaining his tooth hurts, you and your staff need to render initial and efficient assessment over the phone and schedule treatment appropriately. Your reputation is at stake. A patient in pain that is poorly attended to is a public relations nightmare. When a patient does come in, you need to treat him quickly and effectively. He needs to get out of pain and out of your office as fast as possible.This course gives you and your staff everything needed to deal with a problem that can be more of a pain in the neck for you than a pain in the mouth for your patient, and does so in using clear and concise language. It first discusses proper classification of toothaches based on the presenting clinical signs and symptoms. It then covers the dynamics of pulpal-periapical processes, radiographic evidence of pathological pulpal-periapical conditions, pulpal conditions that are caused by a progression of pulp disease.
After reviewing the various tests that help provide a diagnosis of the problem, you will be able to practice your skills by trying your hand at solving a few clinical cases. One of our most popular courses for dentists, we think you’ll like it
This course explores the standards of ethics and conduct for dentistry, as established by the American Dental Society ("Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct"). These ethical principles are reflected in the laws and rules governing the practice of dentistry.Patient autonomy, or the right of the patient to make appropriate choices based on knowledge of facts (informed consent), is the first ethical concept. The principle of nonmaleficence is passive. It requires that health-care workers "do no harm" by keeping his/her skills and knowledge always current.
The principle of beneficence, the active counterpart of nonmaleficence requires dentists to "do good", promoting the welfare of patients as well as the community at large. Dentists who follow the ADA's ethical principles will find that their actions are also legally correct.
Satisfies Ethics and Jurisprudence requirement for Florida Dentists and Dental Hygienists.
The course begins with a discussion of the anatomy and physiology of the pancreas and its role in metabolism. The author goes on to define diabetes mellitus and the role of insulin in carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism. A summary and discussion of blood glucose regulation follows.The symptoms and characteristics of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are examined as well as other, rarer types of diabetes. The role of glucose tolerance testing, a review of diabetic skin lesions, and signs and manifestations of poor metabolic control will broaden your understanding of this disease.
A discussion of the management of diabetes mellitus, including the maintenance of the patient’s oral health, need for physical exercise, glucose monitoring, nutrition, pharmacological treatment, and emergency intervention will improve your ability to counsel patients and respond appropriately to signs of poor metabolic control.
The workbook concludes with an appendix listing the drugs that raise and lower blood glucose, as well as several photographs of clinical lesions. This course is an excellent, concise review for health professionals.
This course defines and illustrates the different types of domestic violence and its frequency of occurrence. Physical, emotional or psychological, as well as sexual abuses are dealt with in a clear frank manner. The extent and frequency of these abuses, screening procedures and signs and symptoms are examined in detail.Intervention, treatment, legal responsibilities and obligations in reporting domestic violence are explored. Shelters and community programs offering assistance and counseling are mentioned. Finally, a list of state and area reporting agencies are given. This course is an excellent source of information for this very widespread and timely problem in our society.
This course satisfies Florida's Domestic Violence requirement.
Emergency Preparedness is a programmed manual for licensees who prefer the ease and portability of our workbook format. This text is one of our most popular courses. It covers the same material as our Interactive Computer Course, with the addition of more detail on emergency drugs and fluids, injection techniques, dosages, classifications of severity of respiratory and circulatory emergencies, and written technique details. Take your pick from either format, or get both if you want to be an emergency preparedness guru. Many routine dental and medical procedures, including the ordinary brushing and flossing of teeth, can release bacteria into the bloodstream. In most cases, these bacteria are harmless. In the case of certain heart patients, however, they may cause infective endocarditis, a serious and sometimes fatal illness.We cannot predict with certainty which patients will contract the disease. Our best defense is knowing the facts. That’s why it’s important for health care professionals to be able to identify patients with predisposing conditions and take measures to protect them from endocarditis. The course is an important step in that direction. After outlining the anatomy of the heart, it discusses the pathogenesis of endocarditis, the relationship between dental procedures and the onset of endocarditis, clinical and at-risk signs, and dental procedures and antibiotic regimes for susceptible patients. Finally, it instructs the health care professional on strategies to counsel high-risk patients about the disease.
This workbook deals with the immunology and pathogenesis of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Discover the nature of the immune system, in particular, cellular immunity, T-Lymphocytes and the progress of the disease as the immune system collapses. Learn to discuss with patients the epidemiology, transmission and prevention of AIDS. Know the signs and symptoms of the opportunistic infections.Implement universal precautions, disinfection, and sterilization, and waste disposal procedures in your office. Know your legal responsibilities. Use the appendixes for reference into new therapies and protocols for occupational exposure.
For a concise and accurate study of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, this course is a superlative resource. It is designed for practitioners who are applying for their initial licenses in states with mandatory AIDS education and is suitable for all licensees who want to review the new knowledge that has come to light as advances in AIDS therapy have accelerated.
This course does exactly what it says, that is, it updates our information on the immunology and pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS. It is in part, a synopsis of material presented in the 4 hour AIDS course offered by Home Study Educators.The course covers the mandatory objectives required for license renewal: epidemiology, prevention, transmission and signs and symptoms. The rise in the incidence of gonorrhea after a drop in the 1980’s raises concern that AIDS (after a significant drop) may be increasing. The CDC now recommends screening HIV-positive patients for tuberculosis and syphilis which have the potential to spread to the immunocompetent population.
Combination antiretroviral therapy is the standard of care at this time, though varying approaches to initiating therapy are suggested. This recent introduction of combination therapy has led to a significant decrease in AIDS deaths in the late 1990’s. Health professionals can now offer patients real hope in inhibiting immune destruction until a cure is found.
A detailed appendix follows the text, listing AIDS associated diseases, drugs and their interactions, recommendations for antiretroviral combination therapy, and prophylaxis for heath care workers who are exposed occupationally. The appendix is designed to be used as a ready reference when decisions concerning AIDS must be made in clinical situations.
Some states have a mandatory one (1) hour requirement in AIDS continuing education for license renewal. This course is designed to meet the needs of licensees in those states. It covers the mandatory objectives with emphasis on new developments in medical, societal, and epidemiological approaches to the disease.If you want to stay current but don't need to review basic material on AIDS, this course is for you, especially if your state requires only one hour for license renewal. The course will help you implement infection control procedures in your office, meet your legal and ethical responsibilities towards HIV-positive patients, and educate the public. The abbreviated appendix includes protocol for occupational exposure and recommendations for AIDS patients coinfected with tuberculosis.
If it has been several years since you took a course on AIDS, you might want to try HSE's two or four hour courses. However, if you have had to take AIDS courses every licensing period and are only required to take one hour, try your hand at our HIV/AIDS Review. It may be just what you need.
Everyday, your profession puts you in an environment in which you may be exposed to a number of infectious organisms, including the cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B and C, herpes simplex, HIV, M. tuberculosis, staphylococci, streptococci, and many more, too numerous to name. Transmission of infection in a health care facility can occur following direct contact with contaminated body fluids or tissues and through indirect contact via contaminated instruments or equipment. Transmission can also follow the inhalation of infectious organisms in droplets or aerosols produced by oral and respiratory fluids.The risk of exposure to these infectious organisms can be significantly reduced by properly following OSHA protocol. This course gives you everything you need to know how to keep an infectious organism-free office. It discusses training, record maintenance, occupational risk, proper housekeeping, pathways of disease transmission, post exposure evaluation and follow-up, exposure categories, vaccination, universal precautions, and OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard. It includes a protocol manual that you can personalize for your office.
Satisfies multi-state legislative requirements.
Largely in response to the AIDS epidemic, infection control in dentistry has received a lot more attention, and rightly so. From the 1950’s through the 1970’s, most practicing dentists subscribed to a philosophy that all but ignored the hazards associated with infectious diseases, as we extolled the concept of the "wet fingered environment." But AIDS is not the only concern. Dental personnel and dental patients are at an increased risk of exposure to several bloodborne and airborne diseases, including Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV) and tuberculosis.Dental personnel have an obligation to protect themselves and their patients from unnecessary exposure to disease-causing organisms. When processing contaminated dental instruments, the risk of exposure becomes more urgent. This course gives you the knowledge you need to help you keep a disease-free office with respect to instrument recycling. Some of the topics it discusses are assessing the risk of hepatitis and AIDS transmission in dental offices, designing a centralized instrument processing area, safely handling and properly decontaminating dental instruments, maintaining compatibility of sterilizing procedures, and evaluating different types of sterilization.
Prior to the late 1800's, the sheer thought of having dental treatment broke many a stalwart patient into a cold sweat. At the time, most dental procedures consisted of grueling extractions during which a major source of pain-relief poured out the mouth of a whiskey bottle. Early anesthetics took much of the pain out of dental treatment, but had serious side effects including allergic reactions and addiction. These problems disappeared with the introduction of lidocaine, which is now the "gold standard" of local anesthesia.The challenge remains, however, to use local anesthetics correctly. That’s why this course is so important to your practice. It helps you provide optimal dental care with minimal patient discomfort. Among the topics the course covers are the fundamentals of neurotransmission, properties of local anesthetics, appropriate techniques for effective local anesthesia, reasons for failure to achieve ideal anesthesia, adverse systemic reactions and management techniques for emergencies related to local anesthetics. Keep the workbook for your office reference library.
Do you know the difference between medical errors and adverse events? What strategies have you designed to prevent and correct medical errors? Create a safer patient care environment. This course will enable you to recognize potential sources of error so you can reduce the number and impact of preventable adverse events in your practice. The course will also teach you to analyze the root causes of medical errors and implement initiatives for patient safety. It satisfies Florida’s medical errors requirement for all health professions.As the title of this course implies, the extreme importance of accurate medical record keeping as it relates to possible life-threatening anaphylaxis and to risk management in general is examined. The initial examination is described in which the patient’s overall physical evaluation is emphasized. The importance of taking a thorough medical history, and of listing the patient's current medications is stressed. Possible drug interactions are considered.The course describes the mechanics and nature of allergy. It defines the four types of allergic reactions with special attention to the Type 1, the potentially life threatening anaphylaxis. Symptoms and emergency treatment for anaphylactic shock are stated in a precise manner. This outstanding course is a must for health-care workers.
With expanding knowledge drastically changing the clinical approach to myofascial pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction, decision-making must be based on a thorough knowledge of the joint and of all the factors that go into causing chronic pain. The pain felt by TMJ patients can have both physical and psychological origins, and diagnosis and therapy must be based on a complete investigation of all contributing factors. Most patients can be helped without invasive, irreversible therapy. This illustrated workbook offers a review of the anatomy and physiology of the TMJ, explores contributing factors to myofascial pain, presents a diagnostic paradigm, and provides you with some noninvasive, reversible techniques to help the patient. You will learn to test hyperactive muscles by placing pressure on trigger points. Your patients can be taught simple exercises that will help them relieve pain and stress in the joint. The satisfaction of restoring function to patients who have bounced from one office to another attempting to find relief will bring you great personal pleasure.
An excellent, concise account of this common disorder, this course is highly recommended for offices who want to explore a noninvasive approach to therapy for patients faced with chronic pain.
This course defines the relationship between nutrients and health, suggesting that counseling consider the food pyramid set down by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) which separates the food groups into foods that should be eaten "anytime", "sometimes" and "seldom." This type pyramid makes it easy for patients to understand how food choices affect their health. The course continues with in-depth descriptions of food sources, metabolism, and daily requirements of protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and electrolytes.Diseases related to diet are also covered. Fat intake and its relationship to atherosclerosis is examined, as is dietary fiber as a possible preventative to cardiovascular disease. In conclusion, physical exercise as an important component of proper nutrition and nutritional counseling is defined. This continuing education workbook includes an extensive appendix which can be used for reference. It is well worth the time and effort to "digest" it all!
The introduction to this course mentions the constant changes taking place in our culture’s nutritional patterns, due greatly to our population’s diversity and to efforts to achieve weight loss and better health. Nutritional counseling must focus on the relationship of proper diet to the prevention of disease. This course examines the basic food groups as well as the many supplements, refined sugars, and additives that make their way into the food we eat. Food and drug interactions and an examination of eating disorders follows.Nutrition as it relates to specific stages of life from infancy to old age and the special dietary needs of the chronically ill is examined. Etiologic factors involved in dental caries and periodontal disease are described as are early signs of systemic disease which often first manifests itself in the oral tissues. Nutritional counseling for HIV/AIDS patients provides tips on food sanitation and the avoidance of wasting syndrome.
In conclusion, the course stresses the necessity of remaining within the scope of one’s practice when the indication for nutritional counseling arises. This workbook is an excellent companion piece to Nutrition and Health by the same faculty.
Dr. Balton’s long involvement as an educator and clinician makes him an ideal person to help you brush up on oral histology. The course is designed as a concise and simplified review of basic histology as it relates to the oral and perioral tissues. It cuts through all the minutia that bogged you down in school so that you can clearly understand the important facts about oral histology. The course begins with a fundamental review of the four basic tissues of the body in lucid terms that is accompanied by diagrammatic drawings by Joanne Balton. Enough anatomy is included to enable you to picture the tissues in a functional setting.The course continues with a detailed histologic examination of the specific tissues of the teeth, followed by a discussion of the histologic components and functions of the periodontal ligament, surrounding bony structures, gingiva, and oral mucosa, including the specialized mucosa of the tongue. The discussion concludes with a description of the histology and functions of the major and minor salivary glands.
A thorough knowledge of normal histology and the role of normal tissues in the physiology of the oral anatomical structures will, of course, give us a solid foundation for understanding the pathology of these tissues and organs.
Everyday, your profession puts you in an environment in which you may be exposed to a number of infectious organisms, including the cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B and C, herpes simplex, HIV, M. tuberculosis, staphylococci, streptococci, and many more, too numerous to name. Transmission of infection in a health care facility can occur following direct contact with contaminated body fluids or tissues and through indirect contact via contaminated instruments or equipment. Transmission can also follow the inhalation of infectious organisms in droplets or aerosols produced by oral and respiratory fluids.The risk of exposure to these infectious organisms can be significantly reduced by properly following OSHA protocol. This course gives you everything you need to know how to keep an infectious organism-free office. It discusses training, record maintenance, occupational risk, proper housekeeping, pathways of disease transmission, post exposure evaluation and follow-up, exposure categories, vaccination, universal precautions, and OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard. It includes a protocol manual that you can personalize for your office.
Satisfies multi-state legislative requirements.
Supermarkets, pharmacies and convenient stores are filled with over-the-counter medications (OTC). These drugs are readily available and lucratively advertised. It is estimated that billions of dollars are spent each year on OTC’s. Although they provide patients with a convenient way to take an active role in their treatment, these medicines pose potential health risks when not used correctly.The goal of this course is to alert the health care professionals to some of the more serious complications that could result from the use of over-the-counter medications. Some of the issues it discusses are the masking effects of certain OTC’s, the potential of OTC’s to exacerbate asthma, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, adverse consequences that could result from using OTC’s improperly, OTC/prescribed mediations interactions, side effects and pregnancy risk factors. The increasing use of OTC’s make this course a "must read" for all healthcare professionals.
Like our one hour course on risk management, this course helps you maintain quality patient care by protecting your practice. In fact, risk management is about achieving peace of mind by protecting your practice from costly mistakes. This course takes a unique look at risk management by focusing on property and personnel losses, the two areas where health care professionals are the most vulnerable. Property refers to tangible and intangible assets. Personnel refers to your staff, all the individuals you employ, including independent contractor and vendors.Property and personnel losses can negatively impact your office. They hinder patient care and detract from your ability to run a financially sound practice. Once you learn to identify areas in which personnel or property loss can arise, you can institute steps to prevent them. When losses occur despite preventive measures, timely risk management procedures will help minimize the losses. In other words, the more you know about risk management the better prepared you will be to protect your patients, assets, resources and the future of your practice.
Aesthetically pleasing provisional or temporary restorations requires a sophisticated knowledge of the purposes for provisionalization as well as knowledge of the best materials to use. In addition, in order to perform this service most effectively, knowledgeable dentists recognize that auxiliary personnel can save time and perform many of the laboratory and educational functions. Both direct and indirect methods of construction are presented in detail. A method of reinforcing and strengthening these provisional restorations for longer use by the patient is suggested. To conclude, the finishing of these restorations is discussed.Accompanying the description of the construction of these provisional restorations are useful photographs illustrating the procedures. This workbook is invaluable to the crown and bridge clinician.
This course provides a detailed yet simplified review of oral anatomy, from the largest bones to smallest muscles of mastication, with emphasis on their function within the oral cavity. Confident in your ability to locate and explain normal structure and function, you will be assured that you can distinguish pathology from normal tissues during your oral examinations.This course will help you understand and identify chemosensory disorders so you can help these "disabled" patients regain the pleasure of an enjoyable meal. Enjoy this scientifically packed, fun to study, useful course. Turn the experience into a staff learning project that adds a new and valuable service for your patients. This is dentistry for the 21st Century.With expanding knowledge drastically changing the clinical approach to myofascial pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction, decision-making must be based on a thorough knowledge of the joint and of all the factors that go into causing chronic pain. The pain felt by TMJ patients can have both physical and psychological origins, and diagnosis and therapy must be based on a complete investigation of all contributing factors. Most patients can be helped without invasive, irreversible therapy.This illustrated workbook offers a review of the anatomy and physiology of the TMJ, explores contributing factors to myofascial pain, presents a diagnostic paradigm, and provides you with some noninvasive, reversible techniques to help the patient. You will learn to test hyperactive muscles by placing pressure on trigger points. Your patients can be taught simple exercises that will help them relieve pain and stress in the joint. The satisfaction of restoring function to patients who have bounced from one office to another attempting to find relief will bring you great personal pleasure.
This illustrated workbook offers a review of the anatomy and physiology of the TMJ, explores contributing factors to myofascial pain, presents a diagnostic paradigm, and provides you with some noninvasive, reversible techniques to help the patient. You will learn to test hyperactive muscles by placing pressure on trigger points. Your patients can be taught simple exercises that will help them relieve pain and stress in the joint. The satisfaction of restoring function to patients who have bounced from one office to another attempting to find relief will bring you great personal pleasure.
With expanding knowledge drastically changing the clinical approach to myofascial pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction, decision-making must be based on a thorough knowledge of the joint and of all the factors that go into causing chronic pain. The pain felt by TMJ patients can have both physical and psychological origins, and diagnosis and therapy must be based on a complete investigation of all contributing factors. Most patients can be helped without invasive, irreversible therapy.This illustrated workbook offers a review of the anatomy and physiology of the TMJ, explores contributing factors to myofascial pain, presents a diagnostic paradigm, and provides you with some noninvasive, reversible techniques to help the patient. You will learn to test hyperactive muscles by placing pressure on trigger points. Your patients can be taught simple exercises that will help them relieve pain and stress in the joint. The satisfaction of restoring function to patients who have bounced from one office to another attempting to find relief will bring you great personal pleasure.
This illustrated workbook offers a review of the anatomy and physiology of the TMJ, explores contributing factors to myofascial pain, presents a diagnostic paradigm, and provides you with some noninvasive, reversible techniques to help the patient. You will learn to test hyperactive muscles by placing pressure on trigger points. Your patients can be taught simple exercises that will help them relieve pain and stress in the joint. The satisfaction of restoring function to patients who have bounced from one office to another attempting to find relief will bring you great personal pleasure.
In this course, the history and development of ultrasonics in periodontal therapy is traced. Factors in the development of periodontal disease are presented as well as a comparison of the efficacy and advantages of ultrasonic as opposed to hand instrumentation in periodontal debridement. Contraindications and precautions and the possible need for prophylactic premedication are discussed in detail.Equipment selection of different types of ultrasonic units and various conventional and modified inserts to be used are presented. The "Holbrook Concepts" of ultrasonic instrumentation and armamentarium are presented along with general debridement techniques. A description is also given of these techniques as they apply to specific teeth, their surfaces, and the surrounding periodontal structures. Finally, maintenance of equipment is discussed, as is infection control in the operatory.
In closing, a synopsis of definitions as set down by the American Academy of Periodontology (Ad Hoc Committee on Parameters of Care, 1995) is described for plaque-associated gingivitis, adult periodontitis and advanced adult periodontitis. This course is an excellent source for the most up-to-date information on ultrasonics in the treatment of periodontal disease.
A brief history and description of the nature and development of electrosurgery/radiosurgery is given at the onset of this discussion. The technology and the biomechanics of this modality is explained in engaging and understandable terms. Examine the different types of of electrosurgical instruments and learn their proper care and maintenance. Then progress to practical knowledge of the clinical applications, advantages, disadvantages, and precautions in the use of electrosurgery/ radiosurgery.Finally conclude this special self-directed learning module with "wet lab" and clinical exercises that will enable you to perfect your tactile sense before using the equipment on patients. Including the practice sessions, the workbook is a valuable guide for the use of this equipment in clinical practice.
Viral hepatitis is transmitted enterically and parenterally by a group of related pathogens. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E have been extensively studied, but many questions remain about the clinical implications of F and G. Regardless of the remaining questions, the viruses that cause inflammatory liver disease pose a potential threat to health care workers. This course will help you meet CDC recommendations concerning occupational exposure to hepatitis and develop plans addressing counseling, management, and therapy for exposed workers.Dental Continuing Education Correspondence courses on line
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