DANB ICE Review

Mastering the importance of dental infection control

This review course teaches you how to recognize and restrict the spread of infection and serves as an excellent preparation for the DANB Infection Control (ICE) exam.

The DALE Foundation’s interactive online review course allows you to tackle this extensive subject matter on your own schedule during your six-month access period. Once you’re finished, you can check your knowledge of the material through our post-course assessment, which you may retake as many times as you’d like. You can also go back and review the course as much as you want to better prepare yourself for the ICE exam* – and for another healthy day at the office.

*Questions are not from actual DANB exams and completing the review course does not guarantee that you will pass the DANB ICE exam.

AND! The DANB ICE Review can be taken as part of step 2 of the OSAP-DALE Foundation Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate™ program, which includes 3 educational steps and an online assessment. Everyone in dentistry and the dental trade is encouraged to complete this program. For more information, visit https://dentalinfectioncontrol.org/education.

Course credentials

Subject Matter Experts:

• Mary Govoni, CDA
• Christopher H. Miller, PhD
• John Molinari, PhD
• Jennifer Robbins, CDA

Creation date: August 2011
Updated: April 2014; April 2016; September 2018
Date of next review: September 2021
DANB exam prep: Infection Control (ICE) exam

 

Want more related study materials? See also:

• DANB ICE Practice Test
• General Aspects of Instrument Processing
• Understanding CDC’s Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings

Keep your office safe

Controlling the spread of infectious disease is sometimes as simple as washing your hands, but often requires specialized techniques and procedures. This course prepares you to take on infection control in your office and gain knowledge and confidence to take the DANB ICE exam. At the end of this review, you will be able to:

• Recognize the risk of infectious diseases to patients in the office
• Understand the chain of infection and the ways diseases are transmitted
• Identify the risks of procedures and services to patients and dental professionals
• Apply universal precautions
• Recognize the need for immunization against infectious diseases
• Acknowledge the difference between disposable and reusable dental devices and when each type of device is to be used
• Identify when and how to use standard personal protective equipment
• Understand and use proper barrier techniques
• Differentiate between cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing, and when and how to use each technique properly during oral healthcare delivery
• Identify areas that require cleaning or disinfecting and apply the proper procedures
• Prepare dental instruments and equipment for sterilization
• Use proper hand hygiene
• Adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard

Test out our course

Check out our ICE Review demo – and see how simple continuing your education can be.

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