Can Commun Dis Rep. 2020 Nov 5;46(11-12):374-375. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v46i1112a01.
Following the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Canadian healthcare providers were advised or mandated by their regulatory bodies to cease all routine and elective care and only provide emergent/urgent care in March 2020. Two months later, the provincial/territorial governments initiated plans to "re-open" their jurisdictions; however, oral health practitioners are returning to practice in a very different environment, particularly in the domain of infection control and prevention, to the one they left prior to the onset of the pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian oral health professional decision-makers at all levels have been making decisions and providing advice and guidance in a highly complex, rapidly evolving environment, often based on imperfect and/or incomplete information. To gather, summarize and present these changes in oral health workplace environments and protocols, the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada has commissioned the development of a multidisciplinary, high-level national expert review document, which resides in the public domain. This document is available for Canada's oral health regulatory authorities, educators, program officials and policy makers.
在2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行开始后，加拿大的医疗保健提供者在2020年3月被其监管机构建议或强制停止所有常规和选择性护理，仅提供紧急/急症护理。两个月后，省/地区政府启动了“重新开放”其辖区的计划；然而，口腔卫生从业者回归工作时所处的环境与大流行开始前他们离开时截然不同，尤其是在感染控制和预防领域。在COVID-19大流行期间，加拿大各级口腔卫生专业决策者一直在高度复杂、迅速变化的环境中做出决策并提供建议和指导，这些决策和指导往往基于不完美和/或不完整的信息。为了收集、总结并呈现口腔卫生工作场所环境和规程的这些变化，加拿大首席牙科官办公室委托编写了一份多学科、高层次的国家专家审查文件，该文件已公开发布。这份文件可供加拿大的口腔卫生监管机构、教育工作者、项目官员和政策制定者使用。
