Infection Control in the Dental Office.
The goal of an infection control program is to provide a safe working environment for dental health care personnel and their patients. Practitioners can achieve this by adopting measures that reduce health care-associated infections among patients and occupational exposures among dental health care personnel. It is crucial for all dental practitioners to be up to date on current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, equipment, and techniques for proper infection control. Continuous evaluation of infection control practices is important. Patients and dental providers should be confident that oral health care can be delivered and received in a safe manner.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. Electronic address: fsebastiani@tbh.org.
Francesco R
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Sebastiani
Department of Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 Dekalb Avenue, Box 187, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Harry
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Dym
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Tarun
T
Kirpalani
D003770:Dental Offices; D004203:Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013242:Sterilization
Blood-borne pathogens; Environmental infection control; Hand hygiene; Personal protective equipment; Sterilization and disinfection