Ensure Safe Practice While Volunteering
Strategies for maintaining proper infection control when providing care in nontraditional settings.
Category: Infection Control
Brush Up on the Basics of PPE
The appropriate use of personal protective equipment is integral to the safe provision of oral health care services.
Strategies for Meeting Infection Control Protocols
In order to protect the health of patients and Oral health professionals, compliance with infection control guidelines and requirements must be a top …
Update on HIV/AIDS
Oral health professionals are well positioned to incorporate global and national strategies for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/ acquir…
Ensure the Safety of Dental Treatment Water
Appropriate methods to control biofilm formation and monitor water quality must be implemented to safeguard patients.
Update on Tuberculosis
By Nina E. Karhinen, RDH, BSDH Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which are a pathogenic bacterial species of small, aerobic particles…
Infection Control Update
By Kathy J. Eklund, RDH, MHP In late March, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its Summary of Infection Prevention Practices…
Reporting Notifiable Infectious Diseases
By Anna Matthews, RDH, MS When health care professionals, researchers, and the general public are looking for health-related information—such as disease prevalence, signs and symptoms…
Best Practices for Personal Protective Equipment
By Eve J. Cuny, BA, MS Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a crucial component of preventing disease transmission in the dental setting. When appropriate PPE…