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- Title
Oral health care practitioners as vaccine administrators: The scenario in the United States.
- Authors
Villa, Alessandro; Saremi, Melodie; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Murphy, Mary Ellen
- Abstract
The article focuses on the authorization and evolving role of dentists in vaccine administration across the U.S., particularly emphasizing their expanded role during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses how initial restrictions were lifted during the pandemic to meet urgent vaccination needs and highlights subsequent legislative changes in various states to continue allowing dentists to administer vaccines, including influenza, thereby enhancing healthcare accessibility.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMMUNIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL roles; DENTISTS; VACCINES
- Publication
Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), 2024, Vol 155, Issue 7, p556
- ISSN
0002-8177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.adaj.2023.08.006