Every dental practice that sterilizes instruments has to prove its sterilizer works, and the CDC's answer is a weekly spore test. How you run that test is up to you. You can mail the strip to an outside lab, or…
What Pennsylvania Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Pennsylvania dental spore testing requirements are often described as vague. They are not. The State Board of Dentistry's unprofessional conduct rule makes it a disciplinary offense to fail to…
What Georgia Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Georgia dental spore testing requirements work differently from most states. Search the Georgia Board of Dentistry's rules for a testing interval and you will not find one. There is…
Welcome to Dental Bytes, a monthly eNewsletter from OSHA Review designed specifically for dental professionals who want to stay ahead of regulatory changes, infection control standards, and best practices across the United States. Each month, we deliver curated, easy-to-digest updates…
What Illinois Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Illinois dental spore testing requirements are not written down as a testing interval. Read the full Illinois Dental Practice Act rules — 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1220 — and…
What New York Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The New York dental spore testing requirements do not live in a dental board rule. New York licenses dentists through the State Education Department and the Board of Regents,…
Florida Sterilization Monitoring: What the Rule Actually Says The Florida dental spore testing requirements are unusual. Most states set a weekly interval. Florida instead measures sterilizer use, and it sets two different intervals depending on the type of sterilizer you…
What Are Arizona’s Dental Spore Testing Requirements? Arizona is one of a number of states with no dedicated sterilization or infection control rule in its dental code. The Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners’ rules, at 4 A.A.C. 11, run…
What Ohio Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Ohio dental spore testing requirements are written down in plain words, which makes Ohio one of the clearer states in the country. The Ohio State Dental Board's sterilization rule…
Intro Dental offices in the United States are required to monitor sterilization equipment using biological indicators (spore tests) to ensure patient safety and compliance with infection control standards. While most states follow CDC recommendations for weekly spore testing, specific requirements…
