Infection Control Articles

• Can You Pass These 10 Safety Challenges?

  Olivia Wann, RDA, JD
  Inside Dentistry - March 2017

  Compare your progress and set new goals

• The Rise of the Superbugs: How Dentists Can Fight Them

  Louis F. Rose, DDS, MD
  Compendium - January 2017

• Updated Guide to Basic Infection Prevention Practices

  Mary A. Borg-Bartlett
  Inside Dental Technology - October 2016

  CDC issues new summary for dental settings

• OSHA Targets Dust Exposure

  Jason Mazda
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2016

• Work-Related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses Recordkeeping: It’s Back

  Mary A. Borg
  Inside Dental Technology - December 2015

  As of this year, dental laboratories with more than 10 employees are no longer exempt

• The Vital Basics of Dental Unit Waterline Testing

  Nancy (Andrews) Dewhirst, RDH, BS
  Inside Dentistry - August 2015

  Patient care begins with protection against waterborne infections

• Applying the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard in the Laboratory Environment

  Mary A. Borg
  Inside Dental Technology - June 2015

  How to protect employees from infectious diseases

• The Evolution of Instrument Management and Dental Cassettes

  Marie T. Fluent, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - June 2015

  Advances in safety and infection control reflect changing times

• Hand Hygiene Compliance in the Dental Setting

  Inside Dentistry - March 2015

  A guide to creating a sustainable hand hygiene protocol

• Dental Unit Waterline Contamination: A Review of Research and Findings from a Clinic Setting

  M. Robert Wirthlin, DDS, MS, Mollie Roth, JD
  Compendium - March 2015

  The authors' research compares three DUWL cleaners—an alkaline peroxide product, a freshly mixed chlorine dioxide product, and a buffer-stabilized chlorine dioxide product—in 16 dental units with ...

• Maintaining Dental Unit Waterlines

  Marie T. Fluent, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - October 2014

  Best practices to minimize patient exposure to harmful microorganisms

• Infection Control: The Cost of Noncompliance

  Louis G. DePaola, DDS, MS
  Inside Dentistry - June 2014

  Investing the time in infection control protocols is well worth it

• Reducing Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure

  Mary A. Borg
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2014

  Implementing procedures that maximize laboratory safety

• Research Update: Infection Control

  Compendium - Nov/Dec 2013

• Infection Control in the Dental Office: Compliance Revisited

  Marie T. Fluent, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - October 2013

  Self-examination is the first step to ensuring safety