Dental patients can be at risk of contracting nontuberculous mycobacteria or other infections from dental waterlines that have a high amount of bacteria in their water supple, the CDC warns.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating a cluster of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in children who underwent procedures at pediatric dental clinics ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new infection control and prevention training resource as part of Dental Infection Control Awareness Month, recognized every ...

Canham offers a warning when it comes to ensuring the highest level of patient safety in the dental practice. "I can tell you from experience that when it comes to court, a jury will look at whether a ...

Importance of reinstating CDC’s health care infection control practices advisory committee (HICPAC). Emailed to members of the media. Published May 7, 2025. Accessed May 7, 2025.

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) and the DALE Foundation said that 600 oral healthcare professionals have earned the OSAP-DALE Foundation Dental Infection Prevention and ...

The group worked with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create infection control guidelines, including those for hand washing, mask use and isolating sick patients, ...

What's at Stake if CDC's Infection Control Practices Committee Is Cut. Story by Alexander Sundermann, ... It has issued guidance for dialysis centers, dental offices, ambulatory surgery centers, ...