SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
It’s the last week of #DICAM23! This week we’ll be learning about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Gloves, masks, eyewear, and protective apparel help protect your patients and dental team from exposure to potentially harmful microorganisms.
Check out these resources on PPE for your practice:
- Infection Prevention and Control in Dental Settings: Personal Protective Equipment (CDC)
- Infection Control in Practice: Team Huddle™: PPE for Respiratory Protection (OSAP)
- Laser Safety (Crest/Oral B dentalcare.com)
- OSAP PPE Checklist
Get involved! Visit www.osap.org/dicam to learn more about PPE and other #DICAM23 topics.
September 13, 2023
Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available, Recommended by CDC
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are releasing recently authorized and approved COVID-19 vaccines for the public as of September 11, 2023. The updated vaccines were developed to target the current variants of COVID-19 for protection of the potential effects of coronavirus and Long Covid.
Everyone 6 months of age and older are recommended to recieve one of the shots.
- Visit CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season to read more about the recommendation.
- Visit FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants to learn when you are eligible based on your previous COVID-19 vaccination.
- For weekly news this respiratory virus season, see CDC Respiratory Virus Updates.
- For a refresher on “What Families Should Know About Covid-19", visit healthychildren.org.
Resources
Quad A Pediatric Dentistry Accreditation Program
OSAP: Dental Infection Prevention & Safety Association
Dental Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (DAIRS)
Reporting is anonymous. All reports to DAIRS are maintained as privileged and confidential. DAIRS self-reporting system is used to collect and analyze anesthesia incidents in order to improve the quality of dental anesthesia care. (Examples of incidents include laryngospasm, cardiac event, equipment failure, drug interaction, and other serious incidents that cause permanent harm.)