Session 1: How clean are your dental instruments and how important is care and cleaning of dental instruments Care of dental instruments Cleaning processes for instruments both manual and mechanical Principle of ultrasonic cleaning AS 4815 requirements for testing ultrasonic cleaners Monitoring of the cleaning process Quality improvement process and its application in dentistry Session 2: Which instruments should be sterile? Correct wrapping of instruments. Sterile stock storage as per AS 4815 The Spaulding classification for reprocessing instruments and equipment Correct packing methods for instruments Monitoring of the packing and loading process for steam sterilisation Tracking systems for sterile instruments Conditions that maintain sterile stock Accreditation and quality improvement Susan Cornish BAppSci, (MLS), BA, Master of Advanced Practice (Infection Control), GradDipT&D, GradDip EOAdmin, Cert IVTAA, MASM Susan has as a background in Microbiology and has completed a Master of Advanced Practice (Infection Control) from Griffith University. Susan has considerable experience in teaching Microbiology, Infection Control and Sterilisation over the past decade including Dental, Medical and Nursing students, aged care facilities and other healthcare organisations. She has completed Infection Control and Sterilisation audits within both the private and public healthcare.