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 ...

The dental setting infection prevention and control, healthcare worker isolation, and return to work guidance has not changed for respiratory viruses and should still be followed. Below are links to ...

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 ...

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 CDC has ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee to comply with President Donald Trump’s “continuing the reduction of the federal bureaucracy” executive order ...

Several committee members of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have received termination notices, MedPage Today reported April 29. 1. HICPAC develops guidance ...

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.

When it comes to infection control in the dental practice, it’s helpful to look at how other industries tackle cleanliness, writes Karen ... Unlike restaurants, your office has U.S. Centers for ...

As a precaution, the CDC is urging U.S. healthcare organizations to reinforce Ebola preparedness protocols amid a newly confirmed outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Sudan virus, was ...

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, ...