Dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic: A tertiary care hospital experience.
SARS-CoV-2
covid-19
dental services
dentistry
tertiary care hospital
Journal
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
ISSN: 1754-4505
Titre abrégé: Spec Care Dentist
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8103755
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
04
06
2020
revised:
25
07
2020
accepted:
01
08
2020
pubmed:
21
8
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
21
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Aga Khan University is the largest tertiary care hospital in the biggest metropolis of Pakistan, in this paper six weeks of experience during the COVID-19 pandemic is shared, we will discuss the measures that were taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amongst dental health care providers (DHCPS) and provide a neoteric workflow for the provision of safe dental care as dental services move towards normalcy. Furthermore topic such as fit testing, contact tracing, employee health and training are discussed and experience of such measures is shared. It is hoped that till the time new evidence based data is generated these communications may help spread awareness to help setup clinical protocols for other tertiary care settings.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32815633
doi: 10.1111/scd.12510
pmc: PMC7461301
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
431-436Informations de copyright
© 2020 Special Care Dentistry Association and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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