APPENDIX A

Infection Control and Hazardous Materials Management Resource List

DENTAL-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

American Dental Association

211 E Chicago Ave

Chicago, IL 60611

(800) 621-8091

http://www.ada.org

Recommendations, manuals, videotapes, brochures, ADA-News journal

American Dental Assistants Association

35 E Wacker, Suite 1730

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 541-1550

http://www.dentalassistant.org

Member support services, journal

American Dental Hygienists Association

444 N Michigan Ave, Suite 3400

Chicago, IL 60611

(800) 243-2342

http://www.adha.org

Member support services, journal

Dental Assisting National Board, Inc.

444 N Michigan Ave, Suite 900

Chicago, IL 60611

(312) 642-3368

http://www.dand.org

Infection Control Examination

INFECTION CONTROL ORGANIZATIONS

Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures

PO Box 6297

Annapolis, MD 21401

(800) 298-OSAP

http://www.osap.org

Educational conferences, recommendations, books, brochures, documents, audiotapes, videotapes, newsletter, member support services

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

1275 K Street NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 789-1890

http://www.apic.org

Infection control organization for medicine

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

Sterilization Standards Committee

1110 N Glebe Rd, Suite 220

Arlington, VA 22201

(703) 525-4890

http://www.aami.org

Standards and recommended monitors, packaging material practices for use of sterilizers, decontamination procedures

OTHER INFECTION CONTROL WEB SITES

American Society for Microbiology: http://www.asm.org

Center for Biofilm Engineering: http://www.erc.montana.edu

Immunization Action Coalition: http://www.immunize.org/acip

Infectious Disease Society of America: http://www.idsociety.org/pg/toc.htm

Pan American Health Organization: http://www.paho.org

Society for Health-care Epidemiology of America, Inc.: http://www.shea-online.org

World Health Organization: http://www.who.int

FEDERAL AGENCIES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

1600 Clifton Rd, NE

Atlanta, GA 30333

(404) 488-4450

http://www.cdc.gov

Infection control recommendations, disease updates

CDC, Oral Health Program

http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/index.htm

Voice information service on infection control in dentistry: (404) 332-4552

CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr.html

Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov

Registration of germicides, solid waste management, water quality

Food and Drug Administration

5600 Fishers Ln

Rockville, MD 20857

http://www.fda.gov

Regulates manufacturing and labeling of medical devices and accessories, handwashing agents, mouth rinses, drugs, food

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

U.S. Department of Labor

200 Constitution Ave

Washington, DC 20210

http://www.osha.gov

Blood-borne pathogens standard and hazard communications standard

National Institutes of Health

http://www.nih.gov

Regional OSHA Safe Offices

I Boston, (617) 565-9860; Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

II New York, (212) 337-2378; New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

III Philadelphia, (215) 861-4900; District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

IV Atlanta, (404) 347-3573; Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

V Chicago, (312) 353-2220; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

VI Dallas, (214) 767-4731; Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

VII Kansas City, Missouri (816) 426-5861; Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa

VIII Denver, (303) 844-1600; Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

IX San Francisco, (415) 975-4310; Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada

X Seattle, (206) 553-5930; Alaska, Idaho, Washington, Oregon

STATES WITH OSHA-APPROVED PROGRAMS

Alaska: Juneau, (907) 465-2700

Arizona: Phoenix, (602) 542-5795

California: San Francisco, (415) 703-5050

Connecticut: Wethersfield, (203) 566-5123

Hawaii: Honolulu, (808) 586-9116

Indiana: Indianapolis (317) 232-2678

Iowa: Des Moines, (515) 281-6432

Kentucky: Frankfort, (502) 564-3070

Maryland: Baltimore, (410) 767-2241

Michigan: Lansing, (517) 322-1814

Minnesota: St. Paul, (651) 284-5010

Nevada: Carson City, (775) 684-7260

New Jersey: Trenton, (609) 292-2975

New Mexico: Santa Fe, (505) 827-2850

New York: Albany, (518) 457-2741

North Carolina: Raleigh, (919) 897-2900

Oregon: Salem, (503) 378-3272

Puerto Rico: Hato Rey, (787) 754-2119

South Carolina: Columbia, (803) 896-4300

Tennessee: Nashville, (615) 741-2793

Utah: Salt Lake City, (801) 530-6901

Vermont: Montpelier, (802) 828-5098

Virgin Islands: St. Croix, (340) 773-1994

Virginia: Richmond, (804) 786-2377

Washington: Olympia, (360) 902-4200

Wyoming: Cheyenne, (307) 777-7159