This course is designed to teach the learner:

• The purpose of government agency oversight of RIDDOR and what aspects of the dental practice are being regulated.
• Why RIDDOR is used to report accidents and injuries within the clinical practice, how reports should be filed, and which reporting method that ought to be used.
• How employers/employees ought to maintain proper RIDDOR records and documentation within a dental practice, as well as where they should be stored.

Following the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• List what types of injuries/accidents are covered under RIDDOR.
• Provide at least four to five examples of major injuries that would result in the need to file a RIDDOR report.
• Submit a RIDDOR report to the proper governing agency.
• Differentiate between when a phone report or paper form should be submitted.
• Correctly store appropriate records in the event that a RIDDOR report needs to be filed.