Most state dental boards require dental offices to verify proper sterilizer function at least weekly using a biological indicator, such as a spore test. However, because spore tests are only…
As mandated in Federal OSHA Standard 1910.1030(f)(1), employers must offer the hepatitis B vaccination to all employees with the potential for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBPs), within ten working…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the media, has reported on recent outbreaks of measles cases in the United States. On March 29, CNN published…
The Dental Board of California (DBC) recently announced that beginning August 1, 2024, all California dispensers of controlled substances (CS) will be required to report dispensations to an updated version…
On March 14, 2024, the Dental Board of California (DBC) issued a fraud alert regarding a recent phishing scam targeting DBC licensees. The DBC alerted the public about a similar,…
In February, two dental practices faced extreme violence in the workplace. The first occurred on February 7, 2024, at a clinic in New Orleans, when an allegedly unhinged woman entered…
On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group and one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the United States, experienced a crippling ransomware cyberattack, considered to…
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) exempts dentistry, as a low-risk industry, from posting and maintaining the OSHA Form 300 Log, and from reporting that information to OSHA.…
On January 9, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) updated its COVID-19 isolation guidance for California. These changes to the isolation requirements, which are incorporated into Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19…
In October 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 553 into law, which requires nearly all California employers, with very few exceptions, to create and implement a written workplace violence…
