Latest News
- CDC updates guidance for health care workers
- Dealing with training and staff turnover
- NIH urges pursuit of universal coronavirus vaccine
- First known U.S. Omicron case found in fully vaccinated overseas traveler
- Younger COVID-19 patients recover smell, taste faster
- More than 140,000 children lost caregivers to COVID-19
- Johnson & Johnson seeks FDA authorization of Covid booster shot
- Daily pill to fight COVID-19 could be just months away
- One-third of ‘vaccine hesitant’ ultimately get the shot
Information on Illinois mandates
IL Governor mandates COVID vaccine for all healthcare workers
Latest federal guidance
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shot information
- OSHA's Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
Questions about dental patient safety amid COVID-19?
We have answers! CDS.org/safety
COVID-19 Webinars
PPE Resources
- Can N95 masks be safely decontaminated?
- Breathing exercises to help with PPE gear
- Tips to prevent PPE overheating
- Waukegan firm offers to decontaminate N95 masks free
- FDA-authorized respirators listed
- To report PPE shortages to the FDA, email [email protected]
- 3M offers FAQ on respirator protection
- Best practices offered for using facial masks
- CDC offers strategies to preserve PPE
Practice Recovery Resources
- How to enforce mask-wearing among patients: CDA advice
- COVID-19 and its effects on dentistry: predictions, recommendations
- Pandemic has accelerated dental industry transformation
- COVID-19 PPE fee may violate consumer protection laws
- 24-month recovery strategies from Dr. Roger Levin
Business Concerns
- How to develop a post-pandemic financial plan for dental office
- How dental practice valuations have changed since COVID-19
Office Risks
- How to use ultrasonics with fewer aerosols
- U.K. researchers find unusual COVID-19 oral symptoms
- Journal of Dentistry looks at aerosol-producing procedures
- Tips to control aerosols in the dental practice
- Molecular iodine a frontline defense against coronavirus
- Airborne spread of coronavirus explained
- Study finds COVID-19 patients can produce aerosols beyond 6-feet range
- 3 tips for improving office air quality
- Study indicates how to prep teeth without using sprays
- PVP-1 rinse, throat spray kill 99% of SARS-CoV-2 in seconds
- Water line maintenance key in infection control
- Infection control guidance
ADA Resources
- COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet
- ADA updates risk assessment guidance
- ADA joins group looking for clarity on vaccination incentives
- ADA calls for liability protection for dentists giving vaccine
- ADA collects vaccine FAQ for practice owners, employees
Health & Well-being Resources
- Pandemic’s mental health burden heaviest among young adults
- Sterilizing vs. protective immunity vaccines explained: Scientific American
- Loss of sleep, stress lasting effects of pandemic
- COVID-19 a ‘multi-system’ disease, confounding recovery for some
- What do antibody tests tell us?
- COVID-19 becomes chronic disease for some
Additional Information & Resources
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – COVID-19 Vaccinations: EEO Overview
- World Health Organization – International updates
- CDC – National updates
- State of Illinois – State updates
- City of Chicago – City updates
- Chicago Public Schools updates
- Chicago Park District updates
- Illinois Department of Public Health – State updates from Dept. of Health
- American Dental Association
- Illinois State Dental Society