Postgraduate School of Oral Surgery, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 11;17(9):3325. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093325.
The COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns about infection control all over the world. Among health workers, dentists are particularly exposed to the COVID-19 infection risk. The aim of this paper is to present a workflow to manage dental procedures already in use at the Dental Unit of the University Hospital of Messina. The proposed workflow accounts for the many aspects of dental practitioners' risk in the COVID-19 era, and focuses on the assessment of patient risk level, a two-phase dental procedure management (remote and face-to-face), and the use of specific preventive measures. No cases of COVID-19 infection were detected among patients and staff of the dental unit in a two-month period of time while using this protocol. This workflow seems a promising and effective solution to manage dental procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak, and could be implemented in both public and private practices until the emergency is contained.
新冠疫情爆发引发了全球范围内对感染控制的关注。在卫生工作者中，牙医特别容易感染新冠病毒。本文旨在介绍一种已在墨西拿大学医院牙科使用的牙科手术管理工作流程。所提出的工作流程考虑到了牙科医生在新冠疫情时代的许多风险因素，重点评估了患者的风险水平、分两阶段的牙科手术管理（远程和面对面）以及使用特定的预防措施。在使用该方案的两个月时间内，牙科部门的患者和工作人员均未检测到新冠病毒感染病例。在新冠疫情爆发期间，该工作流程似乎是管理牙科手术的一种有前途且有效的解决方案，可在公共和私人诊所实施，直至紧急情况得到控制。
