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It's Dental Infection Control Awareness Month!

Aug. 31, 2022
The Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP) is spearheading its annual September Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM). Learn more.

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP) is spearheading its annual September Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM) and offering downloadable resources for holding a successful campaign. This year's theme is "Staying in the Know Together," and OSAP encourages practices to use the hashtag #DICAM22 to showcase their infection control and safety practices and demonstrate their commitment to keeping patients safe.

Each week of September will focus on a different IC topic:

  • Hand hygiene (September 5 – 9)
  • Dental unit waterlines (September 12 – 16)
  • Instrument preprocessing (September 19 – 23)
  • Personal protective equipment (September 26 – 30)

Dental offices can access promotional and support materials for DICAM, including a brochure, customizable patient letter, and downloadable social media toolkit, on OSAP's website.