On August 30, 2022, the Dental Board of California (DBC) issued a fraud alert regarding “a recent scam aimed at DBC licensees.” The DBC alerted the public about a similar scam three years ago. Scam artists posing as DBC staff…
Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hold a public hearing on September 15, 2022, to present and hear comments on its proposed Non-Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Standard. The existing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is set to expire on December 31, 2022. If adopted,…
In addition to patient screening for aerosol transmissible diseases (ATDs) as required under Cal/OSHA’s Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard for employee protection, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recommends that dental offices continue to perform COVID-19 patient screening. In addition…
On July 29, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a joint collaboration with the US Department of Defense to procure and make available reformulated COVID-19 vaccines to target circulating Omicron subvariants. Updated Moderna and Pfizer…
In response to growing alarm surrounding the monkeypox virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched an informational website covering monkeypox, as well as posted online resources about the virus, including information for clinicians and FAQs. What…
On June 17, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for the prevention of COVID-19 in children aged 6 months and up. Previously, the Moderna vaccine was approved for…
On June 14, 2022, the US Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the US Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced an update to the Security Risk Assessment…
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently introduced a new mobile app called DentalCheck, which consists of an infection prevention checklist to help dental healthcare personnel assess the infection control policies and procedures in their facility and ensure they…
Our blog post from April 25, 2022, lists Cal/OSHA’s third revisions to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), which took effect on May 6, 2022 and will expire on December 31, 2022. One of the changes concerns the isolation…
Recently, there have been more and more reports about cyberattacks affecting businesses of all sizes nationwide. The latest one affecting the dental industry struck the American Dental Association (ADA) on April 22, 2022, when hackers targeted their networks, forcing the…
