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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For additional information, contact:
Emily Hammonds, MA
Association Manager
(404) 789-3161
[email protected]
August 2, 2024 (ATLANTA) — The Association for Dental Safety (ADS), formerly known as the Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP), is excited for Dental Infection Control Awareness Month starting September 1. DICAM is an opportunity for the oral healthcare community to highlight all the efforts that go into providing the safest dental visit.
ADS encourages “Embracing a Culture of Safety: Empowering Patients and the Dental Team” by posting infection prevention and control best practices, success stories, or selfies on social media and joining the conversation using the hashtag #DICAM24.
ADS developed a social media toolkit with suggested messaging and graphics that can be used throughout the month. Each week will have a different focus:
- Week 1: Hand Hygiene (September 2 - 6)
- Week 2: Dental Unit Waterlines (September 9 - 13)
- Week 3: Instrument Reprocessing (September 16 - 20)
- Week 4: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (September 23 - 27)
ADS’s Executive Director, Michelle Lee, CPC, says, “Oral healthcare is an essential service, and maintaining good oral health is critical to overall health. The dental community works in many ways to embrace a culture of safety. DICAM is the perfect time to empower your patients and your dental team to ensure every dental visit is safe.”
The social media toolkit for DICAM is available now on the ADS website at MyADS.org/DICAM. The toolkit includes a printable flyer, brochure, and a customizable patient letter. The infection prevention and control resource toolkit will become available in September and will include frequently asked questions and answers, scripts, and checklists.
About The Association for Dental Safety (ADS)
Founded in 1984, the Association for Dental Safety (ADS), formerly known as OSAP, is the only dental membership association for oral health care professionals that focuses exclusively on dental infection prevention and patient and provider safety. ADS helps operationalize dental infection control and safety laws, regulations, guidelines, standards, and best practices to ensure every dental visit is a safe visit. We support our members and the oral health care community by offering evidence-based education, an extensive collection of online resources, and by collaborating with individuals, agencies, and organizations to assure the safe and infection-free delivery of oral healthcare to all. Our membership community is comprised of individual clinicians, group practices, educators, researchers, consultants, trainers, compliance directors, policymakers, and industry representatives who advocate for the safe and infection-free delivery of oral healthcare. For additional information, visit MyADS.org.
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