N95 Mask Alert

Due to the impending changes of H1N1, being classisfied as a pandemic, the Dental Industry Association of Canada has issued an alert to the dental community



COMMITTEE BULLETIN

To: All DIAC Member Companies

From: Bernie Teitelbaum
Executive Director

Date: June 11, 2009

Subject: N95 Face Masks – Alert Update




Last week we informed you that the CDA would be advising Canadian dentists to buy a supply of N95 masks for the upcoming flu season.

In our message to you, we indicated that the CDA advisory would be included in the July/August Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, which is what they told us.

CDA just found out today that the World Health Organization (WHO) is declaring H1N1 flu to be a "pandemic." Because of this, the CDA is sending out an email alert to all of its members informing them of the WHO declaration and its implications for dentists.

This message is going out today.

The CDA science team insists that the advice to buy N95 masks be included in today's alert, and we are advising you accordingly.