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Editor, Senior Moderator
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Jun 5:1-5. [Epub ahead of print]
Just-in-Time Training of Dental Responders in a Simulated Pandemic Immunization Response Exercise.
Colvard MD1, Hirst JL2, Vesper BJ1, DeTella GE2, Tsagalis MP3, Roberg MJ1, Peters DE4, Wallace JD1, James JJ5.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:
The reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act in 2013 incorporated the dental profession and dental professionals into the federal legislation governing public health response to pandemics and all-hazard situations. Work is now necessary to expand the processes needed to incorporate and train oral health care professionals into pandemic and all-hazard response events.
METHODS:
A just-in-time (JIT) training exercise and immunization drill using an ex vivo porcine model system was conducted to demonstrate the rapidity to which dental professionals can respond to a pandemic influenza scenario. Medical history documentation, vaccination procedures, and patient throughput and error rates of 15 dental responders were evaluated by trained nursing staff and emergency response personnel.
RESULTS:
The average throughput (22.33/hr) and medical error rates (7 of 335; 2.08%) of the dental responders were similar to those found in analogous influenza mass vaccination clinics previously conducted using certified public health nurses.
CONCLUSIONS:
The dental responder immunization drill validated the capacity and capability of dental professionals to function as a valuable immunization resource. The ex vivo porcine model system used for JIT training can serve as a simple and inexpensive training tool to update pandemic responders' immunization techniques and procedures supporting inoculation protocols.
PMID:
24901288
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24901288
Just-in-Time Training of Dental Responders in a Simulated Pandemic Immunization Response Exercise.
Colvard MD1, Hirst JL2, Vesper BJ1, DeTella GE2, Tsagalis MP3, Roberg MJ1, Peters DE4, Wallace JD1, James JJ5.
Author information
Abstract
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:
The reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act in 2013 incorporated the dental profession and dental professionals into the federal legislation governing public health response to pandemics and all-hazard situations. Work is now necessary to expand the processes needed to incorporate and train oral health care professionals into pandemic and all-hazard response events.
METHODS:
A just-in-time (JIT) training exercise and immunization drill using an ex vivo porcine model system was conducted to demonstrate the rapidity to which dental professionals can respond to a pandemic influenza scenario. Medical history documentation, vaccination procedures, and patient throughput and error rates of 15 dental responders were evaluated by trained nursing staff and emergency response personnel.
RESULTS:
The average throughput (22.33/hr) and medical error rates (7 of 335; 2.08%) of the dental responders were similar to those found in analogous influenza mass vaccination clinics previously conducted using certified public health nurses.
CONCLUSIONS:
The dental responder immunization drill validated the capacity and capability of dental professionals to function as a valuable immunization resource. The ex vivo porcine model system used for JIT training can serve as a simple and inexpensive training tool to update pandemic responders' immunization techniques and procedures supporting inoculation protocols.
PMID:
24901288
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24901288