pandemic

PPE Use May Cause Serious Skin Injuries

Personal protective equipment (PPE) may protect healthcare workers from COVID-19, but 42.8% of those...

Sterilization Process Enables N95 Mask Reuse

A disinfection system at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis that uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide...

ADHA Releases Guidance for Returning to Work

As states across the nation begin allowing dental practices to reopen, the American Dental...

The SBA Relief Package: What’s in It and How Dental Practices Can Act

As dental practices have been forced to halt business as usual during the pandemic...

Celebrate Hand Hygiene Day on May 5

As the healthcare industry focuses on the pandemic and infection control, the World Health...

EPA and CDC Update Cleaning and Disinfection Guidance

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Dentists Advised to Mind “Settle Time” After Generating Aerosols

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) advises dentists that “settle time” is the amount of...

Q&A: Dr. Edward F. Farkas on Infection Control in the Age of COVID-19

The COVID-19 coronavirus has turned routine dental procedures into risky affairs that may expose...

DSO Turns Closed Offices into COVID-19 Testing Sites

North American Dental Group (NADG) said it will convert hundreds of its currently closed...

TDA Advises Caution as Texas Dental Practices Reopen on May 1

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that dental practices in the state can reopen...