CDC has issued changes to their guidance for dental settings

ATTENTION: KDA Members

The CDC has issued the following changes to their guidance for dental settings. In summary, they include:

The recommendation to wait 15 minutes after completion of clinical care and exit of each patient without suspected or confirmed COVID-19 to begin to clean and disinfect room surfaces has been removed to align with CDC Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings.
The time period recommended for patients to inform the dental clinic if they develop symptoms or are diagnosed with COVID-19 following a dental appointment has been changed to 2 days to align with CDC's Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure Guidance.
Clarifying language has been added to Engineering Controls.

The link to these changes is here:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/dental-settings.html

Stay safe and well,

Rick

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