Gain a clear understanding of the hidden risks and challenges within your dental unit waterlines. This live webinar is specifically designed to help Georgia dental professionals meet the 1-hour continuing education (CE) requirement for dental unit waterline care, as mandated by the state. Through expert instruction, you’ll explore current best practices, common sources of contamination, and actionable strategies to ensure both regulatory compliance and the highest standards of patient safety in your practice.
Join the Safety Water Webinar for Dental Practices Located in Georgia
Tuesday, December 2nd
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm ET
Speakers: Kellie Thimmes, BS, DISIPC, CIC and Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC
Course Description:
Discover what’s really happening inside your dental unit waterlines. This lecture course explores how
biofilm forms, why it’s so persistent, and what it takes to maintain CDC-compliant, patient-safe
water. Learn how national and state guidelines apply to your practice, and gain practical
strategies—including the 3-Step Protocol (Shock-Treat-Test)—to keep your waterlines inspection
ready. This live webinar course will cover the 1-hour CE requirement that Georgia has for dental unit
waterlines.
Course Objectives:
> Describe why dental unit waterline maintenance is critical to both patient and provider safety.
> Explain the science behind biofilm formation and analyze why it is so persistent and difficult to control.
> Identify the steps required to achieve CDC compliance and evaluate strategies to protect your practice.
> Compare and interpret state-specific regulations, including testing requirements in Washington (WA) and Georgia (GA).
> Apply the 3-Step Proven Protocol to effectively implement safe waterline practices in your dental office.
Course Registration:
SafeLink Consulting is the sponsor of this webinar course. This course provides a Q&A opportunity. The course is best suited for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants working in the state of Georgia and requires no prior level of skill, knowledge, or experience. There is no fee for this course. Space is limited. The broadcast will be recorded and available for viewing by registrants for 30 days.
Course Credit:
SafeLink Consulting is the AGD provider of this lecture course with one hour of AGD PACE MAGD/
FAGD credit. SafeLink Consulting, Inc. will report credit using subject code #550 Practice
Management and Human Relations, to the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) as an AGD
Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. A link to the course evaluation will be
provided at the end of the course.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the Academy
of General Dentistry Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) through the provider
approval of SAFELINK CONSULTING, INC. SAFELINK CONSULTING, INC. is approved for awarding
FAGD/MAGD credit. AGD ID# 327654.
Course Presenters:
Kellie Thimmes, BS, DISIPC, CIC, Director of Education at ProEdge Dental Water Labs, is a nationally recognized expert in dental unit waterline safety and compliance. With over a decade of experience, Kellie has educated more than 12,000 dental practices and consulted with many of the nation’s largest DSOs to elevate their infection control standards. Her leadership has helped shape best practices across the industry, and her passion for waterline safety is both unmatched and contagious. Known for making complex topics easy to understand, Kellie brings clarity, humor, and real-world insight to every stage she steps on.
Amanda Hill, BSDH, RDH, CDIPC, is an enthusiastic speaker, innovative consultant, and award winning author. A sought-after thought leader contributing invaluable and inspiring insights into the current trends in dentistry. Affectionately known as the Waterline Warrior, she brings over 25 years of clinical dental hygiene and education to dentistry. Recipient of ADS’s Emerging Infection Control Leader award and an active participant with the advisory board for RDH magazine, Dentistry IQ, and ADS’s Infection Control In Practice Editorial Review Board, Amanda strives to make topics in dentistry accurate, accessible, and fun!
Download the safe water webinar flyer here. Commercial support is provided by ProEdge Dental Water Labs and SafeLink Consulting.
If you have any questions about this course, contact support@safelinkconsulting.com or call
770.205.6745 or 800.330.6003 www.safelinkconsulting.com
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