Change of Outpatient Oral Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience of an Italian Center

COVID-19, which appeared to originate in China in December 2019, has spread worldwide in a pandemic way. The aim of this work is to present a protocol to standardize the outpatient oral surgery activities through remote triage, diagnostic tests, protections, and precautions that allow to provide car...

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Autores principales: Bennardo, Francesco, Antonelli, Alessandro, Barone, Selene, Figliuzzi, Michele Mario, Fortunato, Leonzio, Giudice, Amerigo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7376434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32733566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8893423
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Antonelli, Alessandro
Barone, Selene
Figliuzzi, Michele Mario
Fortunato, Leonzio
Giudice, Amerigo
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description COVID-19, which appeared to originate in China in December 2019, has spread worldwide in a pandemic way. The aim of this work is to present a protocol to standardize the outpatient oral surgery activities through remote triage, diagnostic tests, protections, and precautions that allow to provide care while minimizing risk for both patients and surgeons. This article summarizes the clinical and surgical experience of the Oral Surgery Unit of the “Mater Domini” Hospital (Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The application of a scrupulous triage protocol, the use of remote consultations to limit patients' access to the clinic, and the correct use of PPE prevented transmission of the virus between patients and staff members.
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spelling pubmed-73764342020-07-29 Change of Outpatient Oral Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience of an Italian Center Bennardo, Francesco Antonelli, Alessandro Barone, Selene Figliuzzi, Michele Mario Fortunato, Leonzio Giudice, Amerigo Int J Dent Research Article COVID-19, which appeared to originate in China in December 2019, has spread worldwide in a pandemic way. The aim of this work is to present a protocol to standardize the outpatient oral surgery activities through remote triage, diagnostic tests, protections, and precautions that allow to provide care while minimizing risk for both patients and surgeons. This article summarizes the clinical and surgical experience of the Oral Surgery Unit of the “Mater Domini” Hospital (Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The application of a scrupulous triage protocol, the use of remote consultations to limit patients' access to the clinic, and the correct use of PPE prevented transmission of the virus between patients and staff members. Hindawi 2020-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7376434/ /pubmed/32733566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8893423 Text en Copyright © 2020 Francesco Bennardo et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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