ADA manual released

Dec. 8, 2011
Publication assists dental practices in creating customized employee office manuals.

CHICAGO, Illinois--The American Dental Association offers the newly revised ADA Practical Guide to Creating an Employee Office Manual, which assists dental practices in creating customized employee office manuals.

Written and reviewed by a team of ADA professionals, Creating an Employee Office Manual addresses many common employment issues and contains sample forms, checklists, policies and procedures. The documents are included inMicrosoft Word format on the book’s accompanying CD-ROM for quick and easy customization for each dental practice’s unique needs.

New and updated features include:

* updated sample job descriptions and interview questions
* new sample policies on using cell phones, electronic communications, and socialmedia, both on and off the clock
* new chapter on patient management
* updated sections on HIPAA and OSHA policies
* new employee performance evaluation forms
* expanded section on natural disaster preparation

The ADA Practical Guide to Creating an Employee Office Manual is available electronically and in hard copy through the ADA Catalog online at www.adacatalog.org or by calling 1-800-947-4746.

The hard-copy book with CD-ROM is $89.95 for ADA members and $134.95 for nonmember dentists.

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The guide is also available as an e-book either in its entirety or in individual chapter downloads on www.adacatalog.org, as well as on the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook.

For more information, go to www.ada.org.

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