On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill (SB) 1343 into law, which expands the requirement to provide mandatory sexual harassment prevention training from California businesses with 50 or more employees to those with five or more employees…
Safe parenteral injection practices are intended to prevent transmission of infectious diseases between one patient and another, or between a patient and dental personnel during preparation and injection of medications. Dental personnel most frequently perform parenteral injections when administering local…
Reusable contaminated protective attire must be laundered in accordance with Cal/OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. Cal/OSHA defines “contaminated laundry” to be “laundry which has been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) or may contain sharps”. Employees may NOT…
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is promoting October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! According to NCSA, we all must take responsibility, individuals and businesses alike, to take action to make sure that our online lives are kept safe and…
Nobody expects an emergency or a disaster to happen. Yet, emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere. Employers should establish effective safety and health management systems that prepare employees for emergencies to ensure that employers and workers have the…
Beginning October 2, a California healthcare practitioner registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and authorized to prescribe, order, administer, or furnish a controlled substance must consult the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) 2.0 for a…
Cotton “4x4” gauze in containers should never be saturated with disinfectant and left to soak in the disinfectant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cotton gauze materials that have been saturated with disinfectant solution for an…
The Organization for Safety and Asepsis (OSAP) is holding its annual Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM) during the entire month of September. OSAP’s goal during this campaign is to “to build patient trust, safety, awareness and distribute education of…
On August 9th, the American Dental Association (ADA) will hold a free webinar “HIPAA Security Risk Analysis” for dental practices from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Specifically, the webinar will review compliance with the requirement to conduct a security risk…
The new Proposition 65 requirements take effect on August 30, 2018, which will require California dental offices with ten or more employees to modify their Proposition 65 warning(s) to patients. Currently under Proposition 65, California dentists with ten or more…
