COVID-19 transmission in dental practice during the pandemic: A questionnaire-based survey in private dental clinics in Japan.
COVID-19
Dental procedures
Dentists
Infection
Pandemic
Personal protective equipment
Journal
Journal of dental sciences
ISSN: 2213-8862
Titre abrégé: J Dent Sci
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101293181
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
26
08
2022
revised:
16
09
2022
accepted:
17
09
2022
pubmed:
11
10
2022
medline:
11
10
2022
entrez:
10
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause a significant impact on patient care due to its considerable transmissibility, morbidity, and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate whether dental procedures performed at private dental clinics were associated with the occurrence of COVID-19 clusters and measures taken to prevent nosocomial infection of COVID-19. An online questionnaire-based survey on clinical activities, infection control measures, and confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases among patients and clinical staff during the pandemic (February 2020 to September 2021) was administered to dentists at private dental clinics in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Almost all dentists engaged in dental treatment were actively implementing standard precautions. Twenty-seven dental clinics provided dental care to infected patients (nine confirmed and eighteen probable), but there was no transmission from patients to staff. Ten clinics had staff who were infected, but none exhibited disease transmission from staff to patients. The results of this survey suggest that COVID-19 clusters might not occur in dental settings where appropriate protective measures are implemented.
Sections du résumé
Background/purpose
UNASSIGNED
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause a significant impact on patient care due to its considerable transmissibility, morbidity, and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate whether dental procedures performed at private dental clinics were associated with the occurrence of COVID-19 clusters and measures taken to prevent nosocomial infection of COVID-19.
Materials and methods
UNASSIGNED
An online questionnaire-based survey on clinical activities, infection control measures, and confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases among patients and clinical staff during the pandemic (February 2020 to September 2021) was administered to dentists at private dental clinics in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Almost all dentists engaged in dental treatment were actively implementing standard precautions.
Results
UNASSIGNED
Twenty-seven dental clinics provided dental care to infected patients (nine confirmed and eighteen probable), but there was no transmission from patients to staff. Ten clinics had staff who were infected, but none exhibited disease transmission from staff to patients.
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
The results of this survey suggest that COVID-19 clusters might not occur in dental settings where appropriate protective measures are implemented.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36211024
doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.09.013
pii: S1991-7902(22)00230-6
pmc: PMC9525217
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
497-502Informations de copyright
© 2022 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
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