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Identex 2014
Annual trade show was combined with Irish Dental Association’s Autumn Meeting at Dublin hotel
EVENT
The Citywest Hotel in Dublin was the setting for the 20ı4 Identex trade show, organised by the Irish Dental Trade Asso- ciation (IDTA) in conjunction with the Irish Dental Association’s (IDA) Autumn Meeting on ı9 and 20 September. The IDTA trade show was free to dental
professionals and saw 40 stands featuring the likes of Henry Schein Ireland, DMI, BF Mulholland, W&H, SDI, Coltene, HDMS and many more. Alongside this, for the first time, the IDA
held their Autumn Meeting which saw ıı speakers from Ireland and the UK present on a range of topics from dental radiology
and infection control to anaesthesia and clinical audit. The lecture programme, which ran over
Friday and Saturday, began in room one with a presentation on tax and pension issues for the dental practitioner from David McCaffrey of MedAccount and John O’Connor from Omega Financial. They were followed by Breda O’Malley, a specialist in commercial and employment law from Hayes Solicitors who spoke about ‘Working within the law’. The final talk in room one featured specialist dental radiologist Dr Brendan Fanning speaking about ‘Dental radiology clinical audit – it’s easy and it’s fun’. In lecture hall number two, Dental
Protection’s Dr Hugh Harvie asked ‘Are you a good dentist? Could you prove it?’ before Dr Nick Armstrong spoke about ‘Infection control – what’s changed, what’s new?’ He was followed up by Dr Brid Hendron,
who advised delegates how to go about ‘Brushing up on motivation’ before Brian Rodgers provided some advice on the ‘Safe management of hazardous medical waste’. Saturday saw a number of speakers
reprise their talks including David McCaf- frey and John O’Connor, Breda O’Malley, Brian Rodgers, Dr Nick Armstrong and Dr Brendan Fanning. However, there were new talks from Dr PJ Byrne on ‘An introduction to clinical photography’, Dr Una Lally, who presented on ‘Posterior composites – a brief overview’ and finally, Dr Dermot Canavan whose, talk ‘Comfort- ably numb’ centred around anaesthesia in a dental setting.
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Savita review a “total whitewash” DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Fine Gael councillor Padraig Conneely has called the disciplinary action taken against University Hospital Galway (UHG) staff involved in the treatment of Savita Halappanavar as a “total whitewash”. Savita, a qualified dentist, was 17 weeks pregnant when she died at UHG on 28 October 2012, seven days after being admitted for serious back pain. Despite
being found to be miscarrying she was refused a termination. The autopsy found that she died of septicaemia “docu- mented ante-mortem” and
E.coli ESBL. Nine UHG staff involved with the care of Savita have been disciplined after a case review, however none were dismissed and all staff members continue to work at the hospital. The review of the obstetrician who treated Savita, Dr Katherine Astbury, found
that her care was “in keeping with the standard of care expected of any consultant obstetrician of equal skill and experience”.
However, Cllr Conneelly, former chair of the West Health Forum, said: “It’s a cop-out and a sham. The hospital had to be seen to do something after three inde- pendent reviews gave a damning review of the treatment of this young woman. But this is nowhere near sufficient.”
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