September is Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Oral Health
• Description:
  Oral health care is an essential service and maintaining good oral health is critical to overall health. CDC’s Division of Oral Health provides guidelines and recommendations to reduce transmission of infections in dental healthcare settings.
  
  There are many ways that dental health care personnel work to keep their patients, their community, and themselves safe during a dental visit. September is Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM)—a time to recognize and raise awareness of these critical guidelines that dental health care personnel follow every day.
  
  The theme of this year’s awareness is “Staying in the Know Together.” What are you doing to educate your patients about infection prevention and control in your practice?
  
  Your patients may be more curious than ever to hear about what you do to keep them safe during their visits. Don’t wait for them to ask; they may be too shy.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Cross Infection Dental Offices Infection Control, Dental
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
• Topic:
  Healthy Living
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121185/cdc_121185_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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