CDA Essentials 2016 • Volume 3 • Issue 5 - page 18

News and Events
Announcements
NewCDCSummaryGuide on
INFECTIONPREVENTION
INDENTALSETTINGS
InMarch, theCenters forDiseaseControl andPrevention (CDC) updated its recommendations
on infectionprevention indental settings. Thenewlypublished summaryguidediscusses
current recommendations for dental settings, stresses thecrucial roleof strongpreventive
practices, andoffers acomprehensive list of resources that support this evidence-based
approach to infectionpreventionandcontrol.
Theguide is accompaniedbyaneasy-to-usechecklist. The InfectionPreventionChecklist for
Dental Settings: BasicExpectations forSafeCare allows for a thoroughassessment of compliance
withcurrent best practices througha reviewof thepolicies inplace inanygivendental setting
andanevaluationof personnel compliancewith thosepolicies.
Topics coveredby the summaryguideandchecklist include:
TheCDCSummaryof InfectionPreventionPractices inDental Settings:
BasicExpectations for SafeCarecanbedownloadedat
cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/guidelines a
• Administrativemeasures
• Educationand training
• Dental healthcarepersonnel safety
• Programevaluation
• Handhygiene
• Personal protectiveequipment
• Respiratoryhygiene/cough
etiquette
• Sharps safety
• Safe injectionpractices
• Sterilizationanddisinfectionof
patient-care itemsanddevices
• Environmental infectionprevention
andcontrol
• Dental unitwater quality
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