CCDR: Volume 46 Issue 11/12, November 5, 2020: Oral Health in Canada

Table of contents

Commentary
Summary of a report for Canadian oral health professionals for a safe return to clinical practice during COVID-19
Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada

Overview
Canada’s oral health professionals and antimicrobial stewardship
Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada

Human papillomavirus and oral health
Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada

Canadian Immunization Guide: “Anaphylaxis and other acute reactions following vaccination” chapter update
N Dayneka, C Jensen, K Hildebrand on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Device-associated infections in Canadian acute-care hospitals from 2009 to 2018
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Translating evidence into practice with the National Advisory Committee on Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
S Shanmugasegaram, S Gadient, M Gale-Rowe

Health risks of frozen raw breaded chicken products: A local health unit perspective
J Pinheiro Carvalho, M Benusic, R Codat, R Gruescu, L Haydu, LC Loh

Assessing the impact of varying levels of case detection and contact tracing on COVID-19 transmission in Canada during lifting of restrictive closures using a dynamic compartmental model
A Ludwig, P Berthiaume, H Orpana, C Nadeau, M Diasparra, J Barnes, D Hennessy, A Otten, N Ogden

Implementation Science
Interim guidance on the use of the Abbott ID NOW™ instrument and COVID-19 assay
on behalf of the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network and the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists

Outbreak
Mumps outbreaks across Canada, 2016 to 2018
M Saboui, SG Squires

Series
Fake news and science denier attacks on vaccines. What can you do?
NE MacDonald

COVID brief
How long are people with COVID-19 infectious?

COVID-19 and Ethnicity: What is the evidence?

ID News
National estimates of Hepatitis C incidence, prevalence and undiagnosed proportion