Preparing dental schools to refunction safely during the COVID-19 pandemic: an infection prevention and control perspective
| Autor: | Anastasia Koutsolioutsou, Rengina Vorou, Maria Tseroni, V. Panis, Ioannis Tzoutzas, Maria Antoniadou, Phoebus N. Madianos, Fotios Tzermpos, Helena C. Maltezou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Dental practice
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Health Personnel Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) medicine.disease_cause Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Virology Health care Pandemic medicine Humans Infection control 030212 general & internal medicine Asymptomatic Infections Coronavirus Aerosols Infection Control business.industry COVID-19 030206 dentistry General Medicine medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Increased risk Carrier State Schools Dental Parasitology Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 15:22-31 |
| ISSN: | 1972-2680 |
| Popis: | In late 2019 a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in China and spread throughout the world over a short period of time causing a pandemic of a respiratory disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARS-CoV-2 is easily transmitted from person to person through respiratory droplets and direct contact. The scarce available data indicate that dental healthcare personnel are at increased risk for acquisition of infection. Following the lockdown lifting, dental schools should be prepared to refunction safely and provide essential educational and healthcare services while protecting their students, patients, and personnel. The generation of aerosols in dental practice, in association with the high-transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 through aerosol-generation procedures, the simultaneous provision of dental services to patients in the same areas, and the fact that asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infected persons may transmit the virus, render the implementation of specific infection prevention and control measures imperative for dental schools. Herein we review the few evidence-based data available to guide infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in dental schools. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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