2 EXHIBITORS Hygiene Tribune U.S. Edition | June 22, 2018 Open up and say ahhhhhh New MICRO-TOUCH DENTA-GLOVE series is designed just for dentistry By Ansell Staff Here in Columbus To learn more about the MICRO-TOUCH DENTA-GLOVE examination gloves and for free samples, stop by the Ansell/Microflex booth, No. 219. Ansell, a global leader in protection so- lutions and maker of the popular Micro- flex® and MICRO-TOUCH® examination gloves, has launched its MICRO-TOUCH DENTA-GLOVE® series, a highly diver- sified portfolio of dental examination gloves, which, according to the compa- ny, outperform the competition. MICRO-TOUCH DENTA-GLOVE is the first series of examination gloves devel- oped specifically for the needs of dental professionals, according to Ansell. Certified for use in oral exams All products in the series are certified for use in oral examinations for pa- tient safety and peace of mind and are designed with the most advanced film technologies to meet the unique and de- manding needs of the dental profession, the company asserts. The products are tested for bio- compatibility and feature inner coatings The MICRO-TOUCH DENTA-GLOVE series includes ‘Blue Nitrile’ (pictured), ‘Magenta Nitrile Allogel,’ ‘Green Neoprene’ and ‘Latex Hydracare.’ Photo/Provided by Ansell to promote hand health. For more details about MICRO-TOUCH DENTA-GLOVE examination gloves or to request a free sample, you can visit www. ansell.com/DentaGlove. “ LESSONS, Page 1 The CandyStore.com map is very sur- prising. Bubble gum is the No. 1 choice in Montana. Milky Way tops the list in Mis- sissippi. (Is everyone trying to quit smok- ing in Montana? And doesn’t a Milky Way melt in that southern heat?) Perhaps pref- erences have to do with ad placement, marketing dollars or the proximity to a particular candy’s manufacturer? Always the hygienist, I wanted to see if decay-rate data might correspond to a choice of “sticky sweet” vs. “chocolate” — but I figured there were too many vari- ables for adequate scientific comparison. I’d like to believe that the Almond Joy candy bar came out on top in my part of the country because of the health benefits of almonds. We’re all somehow balancing the evil of sugar with a tiny bit of coconut fiber and some healthful nuts. Or maybe they just taste great. Dental professionals in my state are now required to obtain C.E. credit in cultural competency. Even the smallest towns in America can have a broad range of ethnic differences and a divergence in dental attitudes. A New England town of 7,000 might have a large Tibetan popu- lation because of a single volunteer hav- ing started work in Katmandu some 30 years ago. Ditto for a cluster of Somalian refugees in Minnesota. A while back, I was surprised while in Long Beach, Calif., to see street signs in Khmer, the official lan- guage of Cambodia. Giving non-English speaking patients access to adequate, unbiased care is part of our national health-care heritage. Help- ing non-English-speaking patients to un- derstand disease and treatment has be- come a legal requirement. The U.S. Department of Health and Hu- man Services offers free online courses that meet ADA/CERP cultural compe- Traversing Times Square, while avoiding turf wars between the many photo-op characters like this ‘Lady Liberty,’ delivers a lesson in cultural competency for Hygiene Tribune Editor in Chief Patricia Walsh, RDH. Photo/DTA tency requirements. Find the courses at www. thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov. There is a dropdown menu under the “Education” tab where you can select “Oral Health Pro- vider.” Three courses provide culturally and linguistically appropriate (CLAS) ser- vice guidelines for dental practices. National CLAS standards are explained on the website via video enactments, statistics and personal stories. A pre-test is offered at the outset of each course to assist the health-care professional with personal growth assessment. It took me about two and a half hours to complete all three courses, but keep in mind, I was at one point putting the whites into the dryer and starting up the darks in the washer. Online courses are such a great rainy-day activity, are they not? You can start and stop an HHS course at your own pace. Upon completion of a quiz with a pass- ing grade, the site will email you docu- mentation of the continuing education credits you earned. I first heard about the cultural com- petency requirement after a weekend in New York City. I live in a tiny town sur- rounded by pine trees — yet I somehow made it from one end of Times Square to the other happy and unscathed. Shouldn’t that count for something, I thought? (Per- haps not.) Apparently we live in a world of preda- tory capitalism. Even the Statue of Lib- erty impersonators who pose for tourist photo ops were having a turf war. Fist fights among the ‘“statues” have been reported. There were multiple Wonder Women wearing not much more than body paint. Bigger-than-life Disney char- acters seem to come at me from nowhere while I gazed down at my cell phone map. Goofy darn near pushed me into a South American flute player. The colorful Ecuadorian just smiled — a universal sign for “it’s OK” that tran- scends linguistic barriers. 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