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  • Allison Walker
  • 10/24/2017

  Is Your Mask Ready to Take on Flu Season?

  I was walking into the pharmacy the other day, and as two young men passed me, one said to the other, “Hey, I just got my flu shot. I didn’t even have to wait—it was so easy!” It struck me that thousands, if not millions of people are going to be doing that over the coming weeks, whether it’s at a pharmacy, doctor’s office, hospital, clinic, or...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 03/08/2017

  Are you Wearing the Right Masks?

  Some people know when they are sick, and some haven’t a clue (or couldn’t possibly, as the case may be). As an oral health care provider who follows OSHA and OSAP guidelines, you are aware that besides the flu, you have an increased chance of exposure to tuberculosis, the common cold, SARS, whooping cough, Legionnaires’ disease, measles, and...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 06/07/2016

  Gloves and Masks—Protect Yourself, Protect Your Patients

  I absolutely remember my dentist in the 1970s not wearing gloves or a mask. His hands tasted like soap and I could smell his coffee breath as he leaned in to look in my mouth. Never thought a thing about it until much later in life. If my recollection serves, it was the AIDS crisis of the 1980 and 1990s—and the story about the dentist who...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 08/31/2015

  Ensure That Every Patient Visit is the Safest Dental Visit

  Believe it or not, it’s September already. For most people, this means summer vacations are finished, kids are going back to school, and the nights are starting to get cooler. But as vacations and beaches and campfires come to an end…it also means National Dental Infection Control Awareness Month begins! National Dental Infection Control...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 07/14/2015

  Clean Hands Save Lives: Protect Patients, Protect Yourself!

  Does your practice encourage good hand hygiene habits? Do you have hand sanitizer, soap, and water easily accessible for your employees? This may sound like a no-brainer, but these 2 factors are key to getting everyone to comply with infection control guidelines. A recent study found that workplace culture can determine whether healthcare...

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  • Michael Howard
  • 12/06/2019

  Dental Dam: A Standard for Care

  Recent reports reveal that dentists often overlook one critical tool for patient protection and isolation: the dental dam. Due to numerous safety benefits, the dental dam is considered a standard of care. COLTENE has created a high-quality dental dam and the necessary dental dam accessories under the Hygenic® name brand.

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