“One needle, only one time.” This statement may seem obvious in the context of any medical practice but as guest author on the Centers for Disease Control blog Dr. John O’Keefe notes in his article, Moving the Needle to Safe Dentistry, that rule, alarmingly, is not always followed.
As a result, the “One & Only Campaign” was created to raise awareness among patients and healthcare providers about safe injection practices. Led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC), the campaign aims to eradicate outbreaks resulting from unsafe injection practices.
Dr. O’Keefe is a dentist and board chairman for the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), which is the dental sector’s premier organization dedicated to infection prevention and control. OSAP, disappointed when it discovered that unsafe practices in a U.S. dental setting led to the first documented patient-to-patient case of hepatitis C last year, has joined forces with the CDC and SIPC. Click here to read the full article.