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cord-287633-31pxa5rv	HARREL, STEPHEN K.	Aerosols and splatter in dentistry A brief review of the literature and infection control implications	2004-04-30		.txt	text/plain	4907	266	50	With the advent of the droplet-spread disease severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, a review of the infection control procedures for aerosols is warranted. The literature also documents that airborne contamination can be minimized easily and inexpensively by layering several infection control steps into the routine precautions used during all dental procedures. The potential routes for the spread of infection in a dental office are direct contact with body fluids of an infected patient, contact with environmental surfaces or instruments that have been contaminated by the patient and contact with infectious particles from the patient that have become airborne. Any dental procedure that has the potential to aerosolize saliva will cause airborne contamination with organisms from some or all of these sources. 13 This means that after a dental procedure, if the operator removes a protective barrier such as a face mask to talk to a patient when a procedure is completed, the potential for contact with airborne contaminated material remains.	./cache/cord-287633-31pxa5rv.txt	./txt/cord-287633-31pxa5rv.txt