Individuals with delegated responsibilities are supported to understand and perform their roles and responsibilities, in particular to meet the requirements of these Standards Reflective questions Suggested strategies Evidence examples How do we support each Practice owners, senior dentists or the dental service Orientation manual or training documentation dental team member to executive are responsible for providing support to outlining roles and responsibilities of dental team understand and perform their dental team members in understanding any delegated members in relation to safety and quality roles and responsibilities? responsibilities for safety and quality. Access to printed or electronic safety and quality resources for dental team members Orientation and ongoing training and education in Training attendance records or education resources safety and quality should develop dental team for dental practice owners, senior dentists or the members’ skills in providing safe, high quality care. dental service executive on their safety and quality Examples of safety and quality training include: and clinical governance responsibilities the individual with responsibility for infection control Training attendance records or education resources has received formal training in the cleaning, for dental team members in the areas of: reprocessing and disinfection of reusable infection prevention and control medical instruments medication safety dental team members have undertaken education in patient identification and procedure matching relation to privacy principles and patient identification clinical handover dental practitioners and other team members who Other: provide care have received first aid or basic life support training, as required all dental team members are aware of their role in an emergency relevant dental team members are educated in the principles of: infection prevention and control medication safety patient identification and procedure matching clinical handover. Agency or locum workforce are aware of their designated roles and responsibilities Reflective questions Suggested strategies Evidence examples
Individuals with delegated responsibilities are supported to understand and perform their roles and responsibilities, in particular to meet the requirements of these Standards Reflective questions Suggested strategies Evidence examples How do we support each dental team member to understand and perform their roles and responsibilities? Practice owners, senior dentists or the dental service executive are responsible for providing support to dental team members in understanding any delegated responsibilities for safety and quality. Orientation and ongoing training and education in safety and quality should develop dental team members’ skills in providing safe, high quality care. Examples of safety and quality training include: the individual with responsibility for infection control has received formal training in the cleaning, reprocessing and disinfection of reusable medical instruments dental team members have undertaken education in relation to privacy principles and patient identification dental practitioners and other team members who provide care have received first aid or basic life support training, as required all dental team members are aware of their role in an emergency relevant dental team members are educated in the principles of: infection prevention and control medication safety patient identification and procedure matching clinical handover. Orientation manual or training documentation outlining roles and responsibilities of dental team members in relation to safety and quality Access to printed or electronic safety and quality resources for dental team members Training attendance records or education resources for dental practice owners, senior dentists or the dental service executive on their safety and quality and clinical governance responsibilities Training attendance records or education resources for dental team members in the areas of: infection prevention and control medication safety patient identification and procedure matching clinical handover Other: Agency or locum workforce are aware of their designated roles and responsibilities Reflective questions Suggested strategies Evidence examples
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