Links
- California Dental Hygienists’ Association (CDHA)
- California Dental Practice Act
- CDC guildlines for infection control in a dental setting
- CDC guildlines for treatment post exposure HIV/AIDS
- TB protocol
- Health care worker Immunization
- Blood born pathogens
- Needle stick
- Forms for screening and evaluating safer dental devices
- State legislation on needle stick safety
Infection Control Resources
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
- Amercian Dental Association
- American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air-conditioning Engineers
- Associations for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
- CDC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
- CDC, Division of Oral Health, Infection Control
- CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- CDC, NIOSH
- CDC Recommends, Prevention Guidelines System
- EPA, Antimicrobial Chemicals
- FDA
- Immunization Action Coalition
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- OSHA Dentistry
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens
- Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc., Position Papers
Other Resources
- American Dental Association
- Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Latex Allergy Links page (For information about latex allergies in dentistry)
- ADA commentary on HIPAA regulations and how it affects dentistry. A great “HIPAA Questions” link that you can print to answer a lot of questions that affect us specifically. (American Dental Association)
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC publication)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- For info on Hepatitis, call the Hepatitis Hotline: (888) 443-7232 or go to the CDC Viral Hepatitis information page.
Articles
- A Patients Perspective
- Are You Sick and Tired?
- bibchaincontamination
- California Dental Practice Act Review and Update 12-11-13
- Cold Sterile
- Comfort Care RX List
- Commonly abused RX drugs NIDA
- DentalAdvisor_Microbial Contamination StudyBib Clips
- Drug chart NIDA
- Dental Lab and Infection Control
- Don’t Clip That Crud on Me
- Ecstasy and Poppy Seed Tea, What does that mean to me_ Street Drugs and Dental Implications
- Grape Soda, Car Keys, and Five Extra Minutes
- Dental Hygienist makes New Year’s resolutions
- Hospice Hygiene-Comfort Care of End of Life Patients
- Infection Control and Herpies Simplex
- Infection Control – Ready to report: Part 1, OSHA
- Infection Control – Opening Doors
- Instrument Processing INEEDCE
- Kindness of Strangers: Understanding Bereavement
- Mental and Oral Health Nov 2015 Print
- Meth Mouth Article, CDHA, Volume 22, Number 2, Winter 2007
- Meth:INEEDCE METH
- Monitoring gauges
- MSDS Changes 2013
- Never forget identifying signs of methamphetamine abuse
- New CDC guidelines 2009 OSHA Needle Stick Protocol
- Pathogens from Laser Plumes
- Periodontal diseases affect gums, bones and other body parts
- Reassuring Patients about Infection Control
- Right at Your Fingertips
- Serving Underserved Populations Napa
- Sharps Injury Log
- Sitting in His Lap: A Positive Approach to Periodontal Referrals
- Snouts, beaks and trunks
- Surface Disinfection
- summary_paper_Surface disinfection
- Those Darn Canvas Bags
- Ultra Sonic Bath
- Water Safety
- Why meth? Not in my town
- With a twist Infection Control Course
- Infection Control with a Twist 2014 handout Checklist California Dec 2013-3
- OSHA in the Dental Setting Check List 2014 August
- Infection Control in the Dental Setting Check List 2014 August