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Workspace

is the amount of area necessary to carry out operational task or functions required for production

• WHO (World Health Organization)

• CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

• DOH (Department of Health)

• IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases

ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING INFECTION CONTROL

Treatment Areas

•  any area where direct intraoral mucosal contact occurs (operatories, radiographic processing areas, dental hygienist room)

Treatment Support Areas

• facilities where indirect patient contact occurs through directly handling contaminated procedure, support items such as impressions,instruments and exposed film (laboratory, radiographic processing room, instrument recirculation center- sterilization area)

Non-Treatment Areas

• usually require no direct patient contact (business office, reception area, staff lounge, private offices, consultation room)

laminated

• glossy type of paint that you can used in cabinetry so that any droplets/airborne contaminants that came down can be easily wiped off

OPERATORY ROOM DESIGN

(to comply with infection control guidelines)

STERILIZATION ROOM (INSTRUMENT RECIRCULATION CENTER)

• Serves as the nucleus of the office infection control program and therefore must be conveniently located to all treatment areas

Chemiclaving

when instruments are sensitive to heat/pressure

bookkeeping

• A systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information.

• It reveals profit or loss for a given period and nature of a firm’s assets, liabilities and owner’s equity (money show room of business)

OPERATING EXPENSES

• Incurred by a business through its normal business operations.

• These expenses are required and cannot be avoided because they help the business continue running (materials, labor, machinery). This will keep your business running

OVERHEAD EXPENSES

• Refers to the ongoing business expenses not directly attributed to creating a product or service.

• Service-based: rent, utilities, insurance

• Necessity of dentists.

• Could be both as a fixed or variable

• No particular pricing on dental equipment and instruments – this investment of yours has a certain time frame of longevity.

• As long as you take care of them properly and not mishandling them, your equipment and materials can be with you, providing you the best service for so many years.

FIXED EXPENSES

• Cost the same amount each month, the bills cannot easily be changed and are usually paid on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly)

• Much easier to budget

• Includes: Mortgage or rent payments, car payments, real estate taxes, insurance premiums

• Amount does not change

VARIABLE EXPENSES

• Amount spent differs from month-to- month depending on the usage of products or services or any factors

• Necessities: Groceries, lifestyle, gasoline, car repairs, home maintenance

CASH DISBURSEMENT

• Cash outflow or payment of money to settle obligation such as operating expenses, interest payments for loans and accounts receivables during a particular period in order to carry out business activities

• Not your personal savings – money you need to assign in paying your bills (operating expenditure or fixed expenditure)

ACCOUNT PAYABLE

Accounting entry that represents a company’ s obligation to pay off a short- term debt to its creditors or suppliers

• ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

• Balance of money due to a firm for goods or services delivered or used but not yet paid by for customers