• ADA – COVID-19 Resources
• AHRQ – COVID-19 and Dentistry: Challenges and Opportunities for Providing Safe Care
• CDC – Updates on COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Guidance
• OSHA – COVID-19 Dentistry Workers and Employers

• CDC – Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
• CDC – Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2
• NIOSH – COVID-19 PPE Resource Repository

• CDC – COVID-19 – Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination
• CDC – Vaccines & Immunizations – COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit
• CDC – COVID-19 Vaccination Clinical and Professional Resources | CDC
• CDC – Stay Up to Date with Your COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC
• CMS – Medicare and Medicaid Programs COVID-19 Healthcare Vaccination: QSO-22-09-ALL
• IAC – Ask the Experts – COVID-19
• IAC – Vaccines: COVID-19
• Nebraska Poison – COVID-19 Vaccine Quick Reference Storage and Handling Guide

• CDC – Administrative Measures in the Dental Setting
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
• CDC – Infection Control – Guidelines & Guidance Library
• CDC – Standard Precautions for the Dental Setting
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care

• APIC – Nebraska Chapter
• APIC – Practice Guidance for Infection Prevention
• CDC/ OSAP – Foundations Training for Dental Healthcare Professionals
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
• CDC – Infection Prevention Education Training in the Dental Setting
• CDC – STRIVE: Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Principles of Infection Transmission and the Role of the Environment
• CDC – Training on Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Plan
• CDC – Training Modules: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• OSAP – Knowledge Center 
• OSAP – Safe Water, Safe Dentistry, Safe Kids

• AOHP – Getting Started: Occupational Health in the Healthcare Setting
• CDC – Dental Health Care Personnel Safety
• CDC – Guidance for Evaluating Health-Care Personnel for Hepatitis B Virus Protection and for Administering Postexposure Management
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General: pg. 6
  • Contact Dermatitis and Latex Sensitivity: pg. 19
  • Table 1: Suggested work restrictions for health care personnel infected with or exposed to major infectious — diseases in health care settings, in the absence of state and local regulations
• CDC – Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: I have heard that I should have a TB Prevention and Control Plan at my facility. What comprises a TB Prevention and Control Plan?
• OSHA – Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Standards
• OSHA – Bloodborne Pathogens – Quick Reference Guide to the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• USPHS – Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
• USPHS – Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis

• ACIP – ACIP Recommendations
• CDC – Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – The Pink Book
• CDC – Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings
• CDC – Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel
• CDC – Vaccine & Immunizations
• IAC – Immunization Action Coalition Home Page
• ID Society – COVID-19 Real-Time Learning Network
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Can I store vaccines in the door of our medication refrigerator?

• CDC – Dental Check App
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General: pg. 37
  • Table 5: Examples of methods for evaluating infection control programs
• CDC – Infection Prevention Checklist for Dental Settings (Fillable Form)
• CDC – Dental Program Evaluation
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• CMS – Example of an audit tool used by federal surveyors in ambulatory surgical centers (including dental)
• NE ICAP – Dental Infection Control Direct Observation Checklist
• NE ICAP – Dental Infection Control Policy and Process Checklist
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: How do I go about reviewing infection control policies and bringing them up to date?

• CDC – Clean Hands Count Campaign
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General Hand Hygiene: pg. 14
  • Table 2: Hand-hygiene methods and indications
• CDC – Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
• CDC – Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings Educational Materials
• CDC – Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges 
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• NE ICAP – Audit of Hand Hygiene Processes Form (Adapted from WHO template)
• NE ICAP – Policy Template: Hand Hygiene sample policy (Access fillable file by opening in Google Chrome)
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Are sinks used for equipment decontamination or urine specimen disposal acceptable to wash hands in as well?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Are there sinks where you should not wash your hands?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Is it safe to have alcohol hand sanitizer dispensers around confused adults?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Myth vs Fact regarding use of ABHR (Alcohol Based Hand Rub)
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What is a “splash zone” and what is the guidance associated with it?
• WHO – Hand Hygiene: Training Tools

• CDC – Guidance for the Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Healthcare Settings: Slides and Posters
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • Preventing Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens: pg. 10
  • General PPE: pg. 16
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• OSHA – OSHA Fact Sheet – Personal Protective Equipment
• OSHA – OSHA Laws & Regulations – 1910 Subpart I – Personal Protective Equipment
• OSHA – Safety and Health Topics – Personal Protective Equipment
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Why is it important to have Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at or near patient/resident rooms?
• NIOSH – Directory of Personal Protective Equipment
• NIOSH – PPE Tracker App
• NIOSH – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
• NIOSH – Understanding the difference between surgical masks and N95 respirators

• CDC – Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
• CDC – Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings
• CDC – Isolation Precautions Print Signage
• UCSF Medical Center – Inpatient Isolation Signage

• OSHA – OSHA Laws & Regulations – 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection
• OSHA – Safety and Health Topics – Respiratory Protection – General Guidance
• OSHA – Respiratory Protection Program Guidelines

Respiratory Protection Task Force Page

• CDC – Influenza (Flu) Resources for Health Care Facilities
• CDC – Respiratory Hygiene / Cough Etiquette in Healthcare Settings

• CDC – Injection Safety
• CDC – Injection Safety Checklist
• CDC – Injection Safety – Drug Diversion
• CDC – Injection Safety – One & Only Campaign
• CDC – Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
• CSTE – HAI Drug Diversion Toolkit
• NE ICAP – Policy Template: Safe Injection Policy Template
• NE ICAP –  Policy Review Guide
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What is a “splash zone” and what is the guidance associated with it?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What type of thermometer should I use when monitoring our facility medication refrigerator temperatures? What do I document, and how often?

• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General Sharps Safety: pg. 10
  • Aseptic Technique for Parenteral Medications: pg. 31
• CDC – Injection Safety: Information for Providers — includes a list of frequently asked questions for providers and injection safety training video.
• CDC – Sample Screening and Device Evaluation Forms for Dentistry
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• CDC – One and Only Campaign – Home Page

• ANSI/AAMI – ST58:2013 Chemical sterilization and high-level disinfection in health care facilities
• ANSI/AAMI – ST79:2017 & 2020 Amendments A1, A2, A3, A4 (Consolidated Text): Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities
• CDC – Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General Sterilization and Disinfection: pg. 20
  • Dental Handpieces and Other Devices Attached to Air Water lines: pg. 30
  • Table 4: Infection-control categories of patient-care instruments — Appendix C: Methods for Sterilizing and Disinfecting Patient-Care Items and Environmental Surfaces
• CDC – Health Care Associated Infections, Outbreaks and Patient Notifications
• CDC – Statement on Reprocessing Cordless Dental Handpieces
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What are the requirements for storing sterile items?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What is the recommendation for cleaning the brushes used when cleaning equipment in the sterile processing department, or when high level disinfecting equipment?
• NE ICAP – Sterilizer Maintenance Log
• NE ICAP – Sterilizer Test Log
• NE ICAP – Sterilizer Test Record
• Steris – Wet Pack Checklist

• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General Environmental Infection Prevention and Control: pg. 25
  • Saliva Ejectors: pg. 31
  • Dental Radiology: pg. 31
  • Single Use or Disposable Devices: pg. 32
  • Preprocedural Mouth Rinses: pg. 32
  • Oral Surgical Procedures: pg. 32
  • Handling of Biopsy Specimens: pg. 33
  • Handling of Extracted Teeth: pg. 33
  • Dental Laboratory: pg. 33
  • Laser/ Electrosurge Plumes or Surgical Smoke: 34
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• EPA – List B: Registered Tuberculocidal Products Effective Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• APIC – Strategies to Mitigate Cross Contamination of Non-critical Medical Devices
• CDC –Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
• CDC – Infection Control – Environmental Infection Control Guidelines (Home Page)
• CDC – PDF: Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
  • Air
  • Water
  • Environmental Services
  • Environmental Sampling
  • Laundry and Bedding
  • Animals in Healthcare Facilities
  • Regulated Medical Waste
• CDC – Best Practices for Cleaning and Disinfection in Healthcare Facilities
• EPA – Medical Waste Frequent Questions
• Minnesota Hospital Association – Environmental Services Cleaning Guidebook
• EPA – Where You Live — State Medical Waste Programs and Regulations
• NE ICAP – Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Training Video Series
• NE ICAP – Form: Annual Blacklight Tracking Workbook
• NE ICAP – Form: EVS Audit Tracking Form
• NE ICAP – Form: Public Area EVS Audit Tracking Form
• NE ICAP – Form: Patient Room EVS Audit Tracking Form
• NE ICAP – Form: Spa/ Shower EVS Audit Tracking Form
• NE ICAP – Policy Template: Undersink Storage Sample Policy
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: I have been cited for having linen stored inappropriately. What is the recommendation for storing linen?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Is it sufficient to clean shared nail clippers with alcohol?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Is it true that when a facility has patients/residents with Clostridium difficile or Norovirus, a special type of disinfectant is required after cleaning?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Should gait belts be assigned per aide/therapist, and used on several residents, or should they be dedicated to one resident, and only used for that resident?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What factors should be considered when developing a protocol or policy for cleaning and disinfection of blood glucose meters used on multiple patients?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What should NOT be stored under sinks?
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: Where can I find a list of the cleaning/disinfecting products effective for killing bacteria and viruses?

• ASHE – Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection
• ASHE – Complimentary Tool – Infection Control Risk Assessment 2.0 (ICRA 2.0)
• NE ICAP – Practice Brief: What is an Infection Control Risk Assessment for Construction?

• CDC – Dental Unit Water Quality
• CDC – Frequently Asked Questions: Dental Unit Water Quality
• CDC – Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings 
  • General Dental Unit Waterlines, Biofilm and Quality: 28
• CDC – Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care
• CDC – Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever) – Healthcare Water Management Program Frequently Asked Questions
• CDC – Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever) – Toolkit: Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings
• CDC – Water Infection Control Risk Assessment (WICRA) for Healthcare Settings
• Ne ICAP: Dental Unit Waterline Toolkit (Individual documents can be found below)
  • What is a dental unit?
  • Dental Unit Waterline Risks
  • Dental Unit Waterline Maintenance, Testing and Monitoring Best Practices
• OSAP – Dental Unit Water Quality: White Paper and Recommendations

• AAE – Antibiotic Prophylaxis Update
• ADA –Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to Dental Procedures
• ASTDD – Promoting Antibiotic Stewardship in Dentistry
• CDC – 7 Ways Dentists can Act Against Antibiotic Resistance
• CDC – Antibiotic Stewardship in Dentistry
• CDC – Antibiotic Prescribing and Use – Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
• CDC – Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals
• CDC – The Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs – Checklist
• CDC – Addressing Antibiotic Resistance in Dentistry, “What can WE do?”
• ID Stewardship – Penicillin Allergy Cross-Reactivity (including a helpful cross-reactivity chart)
• NE ASAP – Program Home Page
• Sepsis Alliance – Home Page
• Sepsis Alliance – Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Prevention: Intervention, Evaluation & Research (HAPPIER) Toolkit
• Wisconsin DHS – Oral Health Antibiotic Toolkit