I have worked in the dental field for 22 years and for the past 7 years have been responsible for training new clinical team members. I have conducted training for dental assistants newly graduating from 18 month programs, those trained on the job, and some who have worked in dental offices for decades. I have been consistently appalled at the lack of knowledge or misinformation followed by dental assistants in the area of infection control. I have witnessed a failure to correctly perform duties such as loading an autoclave, handling sharps, and disinfecting an operatory, putting coworkers and patients at risk and potentially causing cross contamination. There seems to be currently a lack of standardized training of infection control within the dental field (I experienced this myself prior to dental hygiene school). I feel it puts our team members and patients at risk. Therefore, I support the requirement of infection control training.