Hearing aid services are sought by diverse patient populations who are susceptible to potentially infectious microorganisms residing throughout the hearing aid dispensing environment. As providers of health care services, dispensing professionals must take appropriate measures to protect patients, co-workers and themselves in clinical situations that may expose individuals to infectious microbes. Infection control involves the process of minimizing the risk of potential exposure to infectious organisms through careful manipulation of the clinical environment. The purpose of this course is to provide audiologists and other hearing aid dispensing professionals with a rationale and practical guidelines for implementing hearing aid-specific infection protocols in the clinic.

Speaker: A.U. Bankaitis, PhD, F-AAA—Audiologist & Vice President, Oaktree Products, Inc