Dr. John O’Keefe is currently Chair of the Board of OSAP On Oct. 29, 2014, the American Dental Association (ADA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), hosted a webinar to answer specific questions regarding the outbreak of Ebola and the implications for […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). It is important to know the facts about Ebola and to be prepared for it. This is a compilation of resources prepared by the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention OSAP), the Centers […]
The Organization for Safety Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) released the Ebola toolkit for dentists. Drs. Nita Mazurat and Suham Alexander prepared the following resource based on the OSAP toolkit. The OSAP website has just been updated. Click here for the updated toolkit. The guiding principle “triage, cohort, and isolate” during times of acute emerging disease or […]
This summary is based on the article published in the British Dental Journal: General medicine and surgery for dental practitioners: part 4. Infections and infection control (July 2014) N. Jakubovics, M. Greenwood and J. G. Meechan Context Infection control and knowledge of common infectious agents is a cornerstone of safe dental practice. Purpose […]
This post was prepared in collaboration with BlueLight Analytics On an experimental basis, we have asked a limited number of companies to provide us with practical “How To” answers to clinical questions. We were prompted to conduct this experiment when dental team members told us that they visit company websites and consult company representatives for […]
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly serious threat to global public health. AMR develops when a microorganism (bacteria, fungus, virus or parasite) no longer responds to a drug to which it was originally sensitive. This means that standard treatments no longer work; infections are harder or impossible to control; the risk of the spread of infection […]
This summary is based on the article published in the Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry: Do Bib Clips Pose a Cross-Contamination Risk at the Dental Clinic? (August 2012)
This question was submitted by a general dentists: How do you clean/disinfect your Canon G12 extra-oral camera?