Struggling to understand what the CDC’s recent scientific information release on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 means for your orthodontic practice? In this episode of In the Sterilization Room with Jackie, infection prevention expert Jackie Dorst, RDH, BS, provides a breakdown of what “airborne transmission” means in the healthcare (ie, orthodontic practice) vs social setting. She goes over the three modes of virus transmission and whether this recent information release changes what orthodontic practices have been doing to protect patients and staff during the pandemic. 

Links: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-sars-cov-2.html