Dental care and personal protective measures for dentists and non-dental health care workers

被引:8
作者
Patil, Shankargouda [1 ]
Moafa, Ibtisam Hussain [2 ]
Bhandi, Shilpa [3 ]
Jafer, Mohammed Abdurabu [4 ]
Khan, Samar Saeed [5 ]
Khan, Shahrukh [6 ]
Carroll, William B. [7 ]
Awan, Kamran Habib [7 ]
机构
[1] Jazan Univ, Div Oral Pathol, Dept Oral & Maxillofacial Surg & Diagnost Sci, Coll Dent, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
[2] Maastricht Univ, Care & Publ Hlth Res Inst, Maastricht, Netherlands
[3] Jazan Univ, Dept Restorat Sci, Coll Dent, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
[4] Jazan Univ, Dept Prevent Dent, Coll Dent, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
[5] Maastricht Univ, Hlth Promot Dept, Maastricht, Netherlands
[6] Deakin Univ, Sch Nursing & Midwifery, Fac Hlth, Geelong, Vic, Australia
[7] Roseman Univ Hlth Sci, Coll Dent Med, South Jordan, UT 84095 USA
来源
DM DISEASE-A-MONTH | 2020年 / 66卷 / 09期
关键词
COVID-19; SARS-COV-2; Dental; Infection control; Clinical decision making; Risk factor;
D O I
10.1016/j.disamonth.2020.101056
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
As a pathogen spread primarily by the respiratory route COVID-19 infection not only poses significant risks to health care workers, but to dentists and dental health care workers, owing to the potential prolonged exposure and proximity to patients. This holds true for non-dentist health care workers who often in the setting of emergency departments and urgent care centers are tasked with addressing oral symptoms including abscesses, damaged teeth, jaw injuries and other dental urgencies. Infection control practice guidelines were evaluated for COVID-19 infection prevention in a dental setting. In this brief review, protective measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection for dentists and non-dentist health care providers will be introduced. This includes patient eval uation, personal and patient protective equipment use, sterilization and disinfection protocols. (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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