Dental Care During COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidelines for Teaching Hospital OPDs.

Autor: Irfan, Fariha, Khan, Javeria Ali, Ali, Batool, Aslam, Kashif, Hasan, Arshad, Ali, Anwar, Charania, Amynah
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Zdroj: Journal of the Pakistan Dental Association; 2020 Supplement, pS43-S52, 10p
Abstrakt: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a worldwide cessation of routine dental care. Owing to the proximity to the source of disease, dental professionals and allied health care workers are extremely prone to infection from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Dental OPDs are at a high risk because of the presence of multiple factors including proximity of dental units in an OPD, requirement of strict cross infection control, skill of the operator to prevent breach in infection control which altogether increase the chances of acquiring and community dissemination of this virus. This paper thus provide guidelines for opening ODPs associated with Teaching Dental Hospitals keeping in mind this unique nature of workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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