Kathy J. Eklund, RDH, MHP, is the director of occupational health and safety at the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Dental Hygiene Program at Regis College, School of Health Sciences in Weston, Massachusetts. Eklund is a member of the
Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) and served as the 2018–2019 chair of the OSAP board of directors. She can be reached at keklund@forsyth.org.
Maintaining an effective asepsis protocol is essential to safe practice. Here is an overview of the recent federal summary of infection prevention recommendations.