Enhanced CPD and best practice with Eschmann

Regulatory bodies and guidance documents, such as the General Dental Council (GDC) and the Health Technical Memorandum (HTM), are in place to ensure that dental professionals are meeting high standards in different areas, including decontamination. It is essential that practices demonstrate their compliance with the regulations through meticulous record keeping and documentation.

To fully understand what must be done to comply and work towards best practice guidelines, it is important to make sure your Enhanced Continued Professional Development (ECPD) is in alignment with these documents.

By choosing Eschmann, you can achieve this with ease.

Why Eschmann?
As part of the Eschmann Care & Cover service offering, a dedicated and specially trained Eschmann engineer will give you and up to 6 members of your team 30 minutes of Enhanced CPD training on both your Eschmann autoclave and washer disinfector, totalling an hour of annual CPD.

So, not only can you achieve compliance and best practice with both an Eschmann autoclave and washer disinfector, but you can receive the recommended five hours of decontamination CPD over your five-year period.

How does it work?
A dedicated Eschmann engineer will visit your practice and, for quality assurance, provide the training for up to six members of your team. This focused group size facilitates ultimate engagement from every staff member, allowing them to ask questions and interact with the engineer. After each annual session, you and your staff will be able to:

• Use your Eschmann autoclave/washer disinfector in a safe manner
• Maintain correct cycles and process records
• Perform daily/weekly user maintenance and testing
• Understand cycle profile and load limitations
• Correctly load the autoclave/washer disinfector
• Understand the entire decontamination process
• Perform fault finding and error prevention and correction

These outcomes will ensure that you are organised and, in the case of an inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), have all the relevant documentation available to demonstrate your practice’s competence and compliance. Also, because Eschmann always stay informed on the latest updates and guidelines, they have done the hard work for you. You can rest assured that the training you receive is always fully up-to-date.

Trust us as your ECPD provider
All dental professionals must ensure that the ECPD training they undertake is offered by an esteemed and trusted provider with a quality assurance system in place and can demonstrate they meet the GDCs requirements for training providers. They must also make sure the training they receive is adequate for their needs and meets the requirements for verifiable activity.

So, why trust Eschmann?
Eschmann ensures that their syllabus is peer reviewed to guarantee that they are a quality assured ECPD provider. Their engineers go through a training programme to be able to deliver ECPD and are assessed in a live situation, to demonstrate that they can deliver the training competently. Essentially, Eschmann offers you full peace of mind that your ECPD provider meets all your criteria. You will achieve full compliance with complete protection.

Raising standards
Eschmann makes working towards best practice, and achieving your required ECPD hours, as easy and straightforward as possible.

And what does this mean for your practice? When you can demonstrate that you are adhering to best practice recommendations and are raising the standards of decontamination, you are establishing your total commitment to your patients.

Not only can you receive ECPD training through Eschmann Care & Cover, but you’ll also get further protection for your Eschmann autoclave and washer disinfector. With no hidden costs, you will receive:

• Annual validation and pressure vessel certification (PSSR/PVI)
• Annual service and software upgrade
• Unlimited breakdown cover (including call-outs, parts and labour)
• Nationwide on-site support
• Technical telephone support

Eschmann also provides a comprehensive range of equipment, consumables and accessories, for all of your infection control needs. With nearly 200 years of continuous innovation, Eschmann is a trusted and established name in the healthcare industry. 

Learn more here, or contact the team today.