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Training opportunities in sterilization and disinfection of patient care items and devices in dental settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2023

Nabilaa Azimi ,
Mounica Soma Open the ORCID record for Mounica Soma [Opens in a new window] ,
Sarah E. Stream ,
Muhammad Salman Ashraf Open the ORCID record for Muhammad Salman Ashraf [Opens in a new window] ,
Charles F. Craft ,
Margaret A. Drake ,
Dan K. German ,
Nicolás Cortés-Penfield Open the ORCID record for Nicolás Cortés-Penfield [Opens in a new window] ,
Lacey L. Pavlovsky  and
L. Kate Tyner
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Nabilaa Azimi
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Mounica Soma
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Sarah E. Stream
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Muhammad Salman Ashraf
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Division of Public Health, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Charles F. Craft
Affiliation:
Office of Oral Health and Dentistry, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Margaret A. Drake
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Dan K. German
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Nicolás Cortés-Penfield
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Lacey L. Pavlovsky
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
L. Kate Tyner
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Richard J. Hankins*
Affiliation:
Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
*
Corresponding author: Richard Hankins; Email: Richard.hankins@unmc.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , February 2024 , pp. 263 - 265
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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