title: Dealing with the special patient.
abstract: It is important to prevent the spread of disease in the dental office, both from the immunocompromised patient to the healthcare providers and/or other patients, and vice versa. This paper reviews some of the standard infection control practices, also called universal precautions, that ensure the safety of all patients, immunocompromised or not.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill / Q000379:methods*; D003762:Dental Instruments; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods; D016635:Universal Precautions