Commonly used dental equipment known to create aerosols and airborne contamination include ultrasonic scaler, high-speed dental handpiece, air/water syringe, air polishing, and air abrasion. When possible, use vehicles that have isolated driver and patient compartments that can provide separate ventilation to each area. Residents should also be counseled aboutstrategies to protect themselves and others, including recommendations for source control if they are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe disease. Gtt40t M 1\:::&!!A1)c&u/1ajad=U6,e&L!q1L9!0-@?[H20(KEX j 3 Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, Defining Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the end of the COVID-19 PHE, HHS will no longer have this express authority to require this data from labs, which may affect the reporting of negative test results and impact the ability to calculate percent positivity for COVID-19 tests in some jurisdictions. This information may change as ongoing litigation proceeds. Guidance on design, use, and maintenance of cloth masks isavailable. The transporter should also continue to use eye protection if there is potential that the patient might not be able to tolerate their well-fitting source control devicefor the duration of transport. NIOSH-approved particulate respirators with N95 filters or higher can also be used by HCP working in other situations where additional risk factors for transmission are present, such as the patient is unable to use source control and the area is poorly ventilated. Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (Q SOG) and Survey & Operations Group (SOG) SUBJECT: Revised . NIOSH-approved particulate respirators with N95 filters or higher used for: All aerosol-generating procedures (refer to. hXmo6+"pwQ@&Eq3ADly5~w(K4yJP"}A5PJ4HD+O|9)T%L0ba.A.A8]pAQ 4LJD(-Cqx@A&@C8@ IXQD V ?zw% 9 5@p.3dOA&*7y~wtC">>0ts4/wy=E;S^(~y`)Q.Fz$|Ym-H{ Ca80 x=8`_53bm8S7pnF2_t9+,L%FY4bPYnEPfY+|=,Nz CDC encourages employers to permit workers to voluntarily use filtering facepiece respirators like N95s. Thenewtoolkit, Updates and Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, Rural Health and Critical Access Hospitals, National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Individual Membership Organization Events, FDA authorizes 4th Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent dose for certain children under 5, CDC: Monovalent vaccination was 76% effective at preventing mechanical ventilation, death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients during omicron, CDC recommends second COVID-19 bivalent booster for older adults, immunocompromised, HHS announces plan to support continued access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments for uninsured, FDA authorizes single bivalent dose for initial COVID-19 vaccination, For newest AHA COVID-19 vaccination digital toolkit, spring has sprung, The Important Role Hospitals Have in Serving Their Communities, American Organization for Nursing Leadership. %%EOF The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS, November 2021 put out an interim final rule, "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination".