SafeLink offers online quality/infection control management

SafeLink Consulting's new UQ System is a cloud-based application that helps dental labs and dental practices implement and manage quality systems and safety programs online.

UQ increases audit efficiency, reduces paper, controls documents, and links policies, procedures and forms, according to the company. Regulatory updates are automatic, and no new hardware or software is required.

According to SafeLink, UQ can help save time and money for a lab or practice in several ways:

• Allows user to either upload an existing program, or develop one with help from SafeLink.

• Makes appropriate changes based on federal and state requirements, keeping documentation up-to-date, so user is not burdened with researching FDA or Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations for initial or continued compliance.

• Avoids hard-copy storage issues typically associated with such programs.

• Provides an audit trail, simplifying a potentially complex issue.

• Allows for tracking nonconformance to improve quality and safety. This results in better product and service, a safer work environment, and more satisfied customers and patients.

SafeLink first brought safety and quality consulting to the dental industry in 1991. SafeLink consultants are authorized trainers under OSHA's Outreach Program, FDA Title 21 consultants and internal auditors, and approved Dental Appliance Manufacturers Audit Scheme (DAMAS) certification auditors in North America and Asia.