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I work at a College of Dentistry. I am on a task force with faculty and staff members trying to implement COVID protocol and upcoming changes needed to phase back in to students seeing patients in our clinics. Any guidelines or helpful information you could give me to help with this process would be fantastic. 

OSAP is currently maintaining a COVID-19 webpage which can be accessed at:
https://www.osap.org/page/COVID-19 ¹

This webpage includes links to relevant resources.

Interim guidance is being updated by CDC on an ongoing basis.

Currently available CDC information and guidelines include:
CDC Guidance for Providing Dental Care During COVID-19 can be accessed at: https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/statement-COVID.html ²

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Dental Settings During the COVID-19 Response can be accessed at:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/dental-settings.html ³

Resources

1) Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Toolkit . https://www.osap.org/page/COVID-19 Accessed on April 28, 2020.

2) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Guidance for Providing Dental Care During COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/statement-COVID.html Accessed on April 28, 2020.

3) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Dental Settings During the COVID-19 Response. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/dental-settings.html Accessed on April 28, 2020.

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