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Medicine Talk
Siletz
Community
Health
Clinic
Notice of Accreditation Survey
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC)
will conduct an accreditation survey of the Siletz Community Health Clinic,
located at 107 S.E. Swan Ave., Siletz, Ore., on June 17 and 18. The survey will
be used to evaluate the organization’s compliance with AAAHC standards for
ambulatory health care and to determine if accreditation should be retained by
the organization.
Through an emphasis on education and consultation, the ultimate purpose of
the accreditation
process is to improve
Accredited by
the quality of health
Accreditation Association
care delivered by this
for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. organization. The
Siletz Community
Health Clinic has
voluntarily requested this survey as a means of assisting its own efforts to improve
the delivery of quality health care.
Members of the general public, patients, and individuals on the staff of this
organization, believing that they have pertinent and valid information about this
organization’s provision of health care for compliance with AAAHC standards,
may request an information presentation with AAAHC surveyors at the time of
the survey for the purpose of presenting such information, or may communicate
such information in writing or by telephone to the AAAHC. All information
received from identified individuals at or prior to the survey will be considered in
making the accreditation decision. The information presented will not be debated
with the reporting individual.
Requests for presentation must be received at least two weeks prior to the
survey in order to allow sufficient time to schedule the presentations. Requests
for public information may be communicated in writing or by telephone to
AAAHC at the following address and telephone number:
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc.
3201 Old Glenview Road, Suite 300
Wilmette, IL 60091
Telephone: 847-853-6060
Fax: 847-853-9028
This notice is posted in accordance with AAAHC requirements and originals
posted in the clinic on May 6, 2002, will not be removed until after the survey.
Questions regarding accreditation survey activities can be forwarded to Erin Kirk,
administrative/quality improvement coordinator, at the Siletz Community Health
Clinic. She can be reached at 1-800-648-0449 or 541-444-1030, ext. 663.
Sealant Project Helps 113 Children
by Linda Kreutzer, RDH
During our recent sealant project at the Siletz Community Health Clinic,
three dental hygiene students from OHSU worked hard to help us provide sealants
to 113 kids from Siletz School. The
Dental Department placed 312 sealants
in three days, saving these newly erupted
molars from tooth decay.
A sealant is a white resin painted on
new molars to keep decay out before it
can begin. It needs to be checked annually
by a dentist to make sure it’s still intact.
A sealant can last five to 10 years on
a tooth, preventing decay of molars in
children. Sealants can only be put on
teeth that have never had decay or a
filling. They are painted into the grooves
of molars (won’t stick to smooth surfaces
of teeth) and no drilling or needles
are used.
OH SU student Barb Cook places
The Siletz Clinic has served as a host
sealants on one of the students.
clinic for six years to dental hygiene
students from OHSU on Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) rural rotation
to Lincoln County. During a two-week rotation, the students work in private
practice offices and the clinic. The other offices are Dr. Gregory Herkert in Toledo
and Dr. John Palmer in Newport.
The students also provide dental education to elementary school children
and at day care centers in the county. This year, they also gave a career day
presentation at Taft High School on “Dental Hygiene as a Career.”
OHSU and AHEC sponsor various health occupational students to spend
time in rural areas. The idea is to recruit health providers into underserved rural
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areas. Most health professionals stay in cities after graduation. AHEC’s goal is to
promote better distribution in rural areas.
The Dental Department received a lot of toothbrushes through a grant from
the Lincoln County Commission for Children and Families.
Those who worked on the sealant project include students Barb Cook, Staci
McFarland, and Dion Wilks; Dr. Randy Teich; Dr. Woody Crow (visiting dentist
from the Indian Health Service, Northwest area); Lacey Shröck and Diane Tripp,
dental assistants; and me, the dental hygienist.
Diane Tripp (I) and Staci McFarland (r) help a student
get ready for her sealants.