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Some pushback on letting dentists give Covid shots in dental offices
The Iowa House has voted to let dentists administer Covid vaccines and give the shots their dental offices if they choose, but there is some push back from the medical community on that last part.
During a Senate subcommittee hearing, Dennis Tibben of the Iowa Medical Society said the staff in dentists’ offices may not be properly trained “to accurately, consistently and quickly” record every single shot that’s been given into the required database.
“We could set ourselves up for the potential here where we would have phantom doses that it shows on our federal reports, that we have more doses on the shelf than we actually do,” he said. “…That could impact the weekly supply of Covid-19 vaccines that we’re receiving from the federal government.”
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - During the course of almost four decades, Sherry Grutz’s work has been ever-changing.
Every day, she is presented with a new project, a new challenge.
It’s what she loves, and after 39 years, she finds she is just as dedicated to her work as the day she began.
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“Every case is a person,” Grutz told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. “Every case is different. I just feel like I am helping the person be able to chew and restore their smiles.”