ADA guide helps create employee office manuals

The ADA is offering the newly revised The ADA Practical Guide to Creating an Employee Office Manual, designed to assist dental practices in creating customized employee office manuals.

Written and reviewed by a team of ADA professionals, the guide addresses many common employment issues and contains sample forms, checklists, policies, and procedures. These documents are included in Microsoft 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 the following:

• Updated sample job descriptions and interview questions
• Sample policies on using cellphones, electronic communications, and social media, both on and off the clock
• Chapter on patient management
• Updated sections on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) policies
• New employee performance evaluation forms
• Expanded section on natural disaster preparation

The guide is available electronically and in hard-copy format through the ADA Catalog online or by calling 800-947-4746. The hard-copy book with CD-ROM is $89.95 for ADA members and $134.95 for nonmember dentists.

The guide is also available as an e-book on www.adacatalog.org, Amazon Kindle, and Barnes and Noble Nook.