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 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 ...

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 ...

Here at DrBicuspid.com, we have launched a series of podcasts and video interviews that focus on a key piece of the infection control puzzle: Dental unit waterlines (DUWLs).Working with our friends at ...

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, ...

The CDC's HICPAC advisory committee seems intent on rolling back infection control precautions in healthcare settings, despite evidence that what they propose is wrong.

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.

Amanda Hill, RDH, is a speaker, consultant, and award-winning author who brings over 25 years of clinical dental hygiene and education to dentistry. She is a recipient of the Association for Dental ...