COURSE OVERVIEW 

• The latest on developments in key national documents including the Australian Standards, NHMRC Guidelines, CDNA guidelines, Immunize Australia guidelines, and the ACSQHC National Health Safety Standards. 

• How to best use the 2015 ADA Guidelines and associated resources (the Self-Assessment Tool and the Infection Control Practical Guide). 

• Structuring your practice infection control protocol to meet the Qld requirements for an Infection Control Management Plan. 

• Implementing Hand Hygiene for maximal effectiveness and efficiency. 

• Implementing transmission-based precautions: the when and how. 

• Water quality for dental practice: what is needed where.

Speaker Biographies

Professor Laurie Walsh AO

BDSc, PhD, DDSc, GCEd, FRACDS, FFOP(RCPA), FIADFE

Professor Laurence Walsh AO is a specialist in special needs dentistry who is based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. 

Laurie has been teaching infection control and clinical microbiology for over 25 years at postgraduate level and has been the 
chief examiner in microbiology for the RACDS for the past 20 years. He has presented invited courses and lectures on 
infection control across Australia and internationally. Laurie has written over 60 articles on infection control in ADA publications
and over 200 articles on clinical microbiology in the dental literature. He serves on two committees of Standards Australia (personal protective equipment; and instrument reprocessing) and in recent years has been an adviser to the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Laurie has been a member of the ADA Infection Control Committee since 1998. 

He has contributed to the development of various infection control protocols, guidelines and checklists and manuals used in Australia.

Debbie Wilson

Debbie joined the Education and Practice Advisory team at ADAQ in 2019 and is the resident expert on all things Infection Control.  

With over 30 years experience in the industry, in both public and private sectors, Debbie brings a wealth of knowledge in the practicalities of instrument reprocessing and appreciates the challenges often faced by our Members.

Event Pricing

ADA Member - $330
1st and 2nd Year Graduate ADA Member - $300
ADA Member Practice Staff - $330
Non-Member - $429

If you are wanting to register multiple people from your Practice, please email [email protected] with the following information:
Delegates First Name
Delegates Surname
Email address 
Any dietary/access requirements

Please note, we require a unique email address for each delegate. Once an account has been created, they will have access to their online portal.

CPD Points

6 Scientific hours 

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