The CDC has released a new resource to help dental healthcare professionals prevent infections. The guideline gives an overview of current infection prevention recommendations and includes a checklist ...

Today, I am excited to kick off a series of interviews focused on infection control in the dental practice with key opinion leaders. Canham offers a warning when it comes to ensuring the highest level ...

In this episode of The DrBicuspid.com Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Kevin Henry speaks with Michelle Lee, the executive director of the Association for Dental Safety (ADS), about the significant changes in ...

Funding cuts and restructuring at the CDC reportedly have disrupted certain efforts related to infection prevention, control and disease monitoring. One such effort is Together TakeMeHome at Emory ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) "Be Antibiotics Aware" campaign carries a message that healthcare professionals and patients alike need to understand: Antibiotics can save ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon reveal whether three veterans contracted hepatitis due to infection control lapses at the Dayton (Ohio) VA Medical Center’s dental clinic, ...

Back in the early to mid-1980s prior to the vaccine availability of hepatitis B, concerns about proper infection control in dentistry emerged. Ungloved dentists, especially oral surgeons, were ...

Training for oral healthcare providers may not adequately prepare them to engage, let alone supervise, dental unit waterline (DUWL) infection control, according to research published in the Journal of ...

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control ...

Dr. Tom Giacobbi returns this week with another installment of his "Just a Minute, Doc" series to bust a big myth when it comes to infection control, especially with your dental unit waterlines. Does ...