CDA Essentials 2017 • Volume 3 • Issue 5

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News and E vents
Announcements
New CDC Summary Guide on
INFECTION PREVENTION
INDENTAL SETTINGS
In March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendations
on infection prevention in dental settings. The newly published summary guide discusses
current recommendations for dental settings, stresses the crucial role of strong preventive
practices, and offers a comprehensive list of resources that support this evidence-based
approach to infection prevention and control.
The guide is accompanied by an easy-to-use checklist. The Infection Prevention Checklist for
Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care allows for a thorough assessment of compliance
with current best practices through a review of the policies in place in any given dental setting
and an evaluation of personnel compliance with those policies.
Topics covered by the summary guide and checklist include:
The CDC Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings:
Basic Expectations for Safe Care can be downloaded at
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• Administrative measures
• Education and training
• Dental health care personnel safety
• Program evaluation
• Hand hygiene
• Personal protective equipment
• Respiratory hygiene/cough
etiquette
• Sharps safety
• Safe injection practices
• Sterilization and disinfection of
patient-care items and devices
• Environmental infection prevention
and control
• Dental unit water quality
Want to learnmore about
operatorydisinfection?
Visit Oasis Discussions to
learn more about
disinfectant selection.
Don’t forget to
scroll down to the
Comments section to
see which products your
colleagues are using:
See CDA Essentials,
Issue 2, 2016 to learn
more about the cleaning
and disinfection process
from start to finish: