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Oct - Nov 2010 DENTALe-Newsletter ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION Qld Inc. Editor’s Report Inside this Issue Welcome to the October/November e-newsletter for the Dental Assistants Association Queensland. Early in October I Editor’s Report 1 had the pleasure to represent the association in Cairns at the “Instrument Tracking… Is it really necessary?” Workshop run Paid Parental Leave Scheme - by Ann Maree Ford and Kylie Galletta. The day was a success Unions remind working families. 2 with a great turnout. Please see page 3 for the full report and Instrument Tracking Workshop photos. Cairns 09/10/2010 3 Page 5 has a report by Anne Daniel (committee member), which is about an Heads Up - Thrown Into Relief 4 organization helping children and young people from birth to seventeen years, when they are placed into foster care. This is an article not to be missed! Project Love and Care 5 Cordial Diet Rots Child’s Teeth 6 Have a look at the industrial relation article on page 2 to make sure you are kept up to date with all the latest news and information. We Don’t Mind The Gap 7 Please feel free to send me an email with any suggestions/questions regarding the e-newsletter. Rebecca Ede [email protected] Ann Maree Ford, Kylie Galletta and Rebecca Ede at the Integrated Infection Control Workshop in Cairns. Report page 3. PRESIDENT - Michelle Ricks-McKenzie Ph: 3885 2807 (after 7pm) SECRETARY - Cathy Heenan Ph: 3902 1785 Fax: 3399 3469 Email: [email protected] PO Box 492, Cannon Hill Qld 4170 TREASURER - Anita Greensill Ph: 0432 654 737 EDITOR - Rebecca Ede Email: [email protected] www.daaqld.com DAA Qld Inc. e-Newsletter Oct - Nov 2010 : 2 Unions spread the word to remind working families to apply for new Paid Parental Leave scheme Unions will be spreading the word about the new Paid Parental workplace right or are unsure how to access it.” Leave scheme to begin in January to ensure that all workers are Ms Kearney helped launch a public information campaign today at aware of their new entitlement and how to apply for it. Holden in Port Melbourne, one of more than 150 employers who Speaking at the launch of a public information campaign alongside have registered with Centrelink to provide Government-funded Prime Minister Julia Gillard today, ACTU President Ged Kearney parental leave to their employees. said unions wanted to celebrate the historic achievement of a PPL The Government scheme provides all parents of babies born after 1 scheme and to also make sure no workers missed out. January, 2011, with payment of $10,258.20 for 18 weeks leave. “After 30 years of campaigning by unions and community groups, Parents expecting on or after 1 January can begin applying for it’s very exciting that the new 18 week scheme is now less than payments now. three months away,” Ms Kearney said. Ms Kearney said unions would visit workplaces to provide further “It’s long overdue, and will encourage higher workforce information about the scheme. participation by the two-thirds of women who currently have no access to paid parental leave. She said unions would use collective bargaining to build on the solid foundation provided by the national PPL scheme towards the “All employees, women especially, need to be fully aware they will goal of full income replacement for six months of paid leave for all be entitled to paid parental leave from January 1 next year. new working mothers. “It’s vitally important as the onus will be on the employee to make Some employers already provide this entitlement, and through an application to receive paid leave. Most employers will do the collective bargaining unions will seek to top up the government right thing by informing their staff, but some may not or may simply scheme to extend it to all workers. be unaware of the change.” Australian Council of Trade Unions “We would hate to see working women and their families miss Published: 15/10/2010 out because they are unaware that they now have this important DAA Qld Inc. e-Newsletter Oct - Nov 2010 : 3 Instrument tracking…. Is it really necessary? Workshop Cairns 09/10/2010 On Saturday the 9th October 2010 Ann Maree Ford and Kylie Galletta from Integrated Infection Control Pty Ltd ran another successful workshop this time in Cairns. It was a great turnout of Dental Assistants all eager to understand and further their knowledge in meeting Australian Standards AS/NZS4815:2006 in the dental practice. Some of the many things Ann Maree and Kylie talked about were; - May, Should, Shall, What are the differences? - Invasive procedures - The importance of knowing your instrument classification - Aeseptic techniques when using steri pouches - IRC flow - Vacuum test, Bowie-Dick test and PCD test - Indicator classes Ann Maree Ford and Kylie Galletta - Autoclave validation - Australian standards vs autoclave instructions - Cycle monitoring And much more! INTEGRATED INFECTION CONTROL PTY LTD is a consultancy to assist dental practices to achieve the ultimate level in infection control. Some of the services they provide include; - infection control, - advice on steriliser daily testing, - cycle monitoring and validation, - performance qualification, - generic infection control protocols, - customized infection control manuals, - standard operating procedures, - infection control management plans, - in-house training, - evaluation, - reviews and practice audits, - material safety data sheets, - surgery design - sterilizing dept design. Also speaking on the day were Shaylene Galdona and Damien Drummond. Shaylene is from Austmel and spoke about surgery and patient traceability module in service and all the wonderful products Austmel have to offer. Damien is from Dental IT Solutions and spoke about their many services such as sterilization tracking and stock control software package. Michelle Ricks-McKenzie, Damien Drummond Altogether the day was a success with much thanks to Ann Maree and Kylie for and Shaylene Galdona providing such an information packed day! For further information about Integrated Infection Control please have a look at their website www.integratedinfectioncontrol.com DAA Qld Inc. e-Newsletter Oct - Nov 2010 : 4 Heads Up - Thrown into Relief Too much of a good thing? It’s sure starting increased risk of heart attack – but since We’ve come to depend on NSAIDs – and to look that way with over-the-counter-anti- other NSAIDs such as Ibuprofen have also overused them – simply because they work inflammatory medications such as Voltaren been implicated. so effectively on everyday complaints such and Nurofen, which we pop for everything as back or joint pain. (But, contrary to the with sporting injuries to lower back pain Nurofen and Naprosyn are bad news for advertising claims, NSAIDs do not “target” to rheumatoid arthritis. Diclofenac, the key anyone suffering inflammatory conditions specific sites; rather they work throughout ingredient in Voltaren, has been found to such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, the body). increase the risk of stroke by up to 86 per stomach ulcers, and bowel disease, because cent; while ibuprofen, the active ingredient of they can promote gastric bleeding and “This new research is a wake-up call,” nurofen, was linked to a 30 per cent increase, ulceration. Although this has been known says Dr Ric Day, a professor of clinical in a new Danish study examining the medical for decades, recent research is showing that pharamacology at the University of NSW. records of more the 2.6 million people. even small doses of Naprosyn over a short “When an over-the-counter drug becomes period can trigger aggressive flare-ups of wide-spread, many people falsely imagine The study drew wide publicity recently but colitis, even in sufferers who may have been it doesn’t have any side effects.” Dr Day it’s merely the latest in a steady stream of in long-term remission. The over-45s seem doesn’t believe there is sufficient evidence research pointing to serious side effects particularly susceptible to the side-effects of yet to turn over-the-counter-NSAIDs into rising from over-use of such non-steroidal NSAIDs, possibly because the predisposition prescription-only drugs, however. “The and anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), to inflammation increases greatly with age. background risk in otherwise healthy people including an elevated risk of heart disease, Many of these recent findings have come is still low,” he advises. “The message is to stomach ulcers, kidney damage and high to light because inflammation has become always read the warnings on the packet.” blood pressure. 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