Achieving compliant dental unit waterlines (DUWL) requires more than random maintenance; it requires a disciplined, repeatable strategy. This CE webinar provides a comprehensive breakdown of the proven Test, Shock, and Maintain protocol, designed to ensure your practice meets or exceeds CDC and EPA standards for water quality. Participants will learn why testing is the critical first step in any protocol—identifying hidden biofilm loads before they lead to failure. We will explore the technical nuances of shocking to clear existing contamination and the daily importance of maintaining lines to prevent regrowth. Integrating these steps into a unified system that simplifies compliance and protects patients ensures long-term clinical success.
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In a fast-paced and ever-evolving work environment, well-maintained Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are critical to ensuring consistency, efficiency, and resilience. This CE webinar equips teams with the tools and strategies needed to evaluate, update, and manage SOPs effectively—ensuring they are clear, accessible, and aligned with current workflows.
Through real-world examples and collaborative exercises, this course empowers participants to identify gaps, implement improvements, and foster a culture of preparedness and knowledge sharing.
If your waterline test results were a grade, would you proudly post them on the fridge or toss them in the trash? This CE webinar is your mid-year reality check. Dental Infection Control Awareness Month isn’t just a poster. It’s your chance to stop and ask questions that actually matter. We’re using dental unit waterline testing as the lens to evaluate your protocols, products, and people. Because clean waterlines don’t happen by accident. And if things are falling apart here, they’re probably falling apart somewhere else too. Not sure this is for you? Quick check: Should you test your waterlines before you shock or after? If you’re not sure, if you’re second-guessing yourself, or if you don’t even know what a waterline test looks like, then this webinar is for you. DICAM is the perfect time to check your protocols, retrain your team, and fix what’s been quietly breaking down behind the scenes. Stop guessing. Start testing. Use what you find to level up.
Although we have talked about water lines and the contaminants they carry for over 30 years in dentistry, we have done little to address the issue. Several communities across the nation seeing the effects of improper protocols, or none at all. Dental offices must address this issue now head-on. There is so much misinformation out there on how to properly clean and maintain your water lines, it's important we get the best information to learn what needs to be done and create a protocol for our practices. Knowing is half the battle!
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