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Respiratory protection in dentistry
Respiratory protection in the dental setting has become more important to protect healthcare professionals, their household members and their patients. As dental practices become increasingly independent in managing their respiratory protection requirements, the need for an in-depth understanding of...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33637920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2657-0 |
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author | Darwish, Samy El-Boghdadly, Kariem Edney, Catherine Babbar, Ashvin Shembesh, Tarik |
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description | Respiratory protection in the dental setting has become more important to protect healthcare professionals, their household members and their patients. As dental practices become increasingly independent in managing their respiratory protection requirements, the need for an in-depth understanding of the principles of respiratory protection is warranted. This article aims to enhance the awareness of dental professionals about the principles of respiratory protection and equipment, including designs, classification and levels of protection afforded to wearers. Determining the adequacy and suitability of respiratory protection, along with ensuring safe selection of appropriate equipment for protection of both wearer and patient, is described. Moreover, a detailed review of fit testing principles, procedures and governance are described. This comprehensive review should ensure that dental professionals are ideally placed to understand the implications of respiratory protection and safely apply it in their workplaces. |
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spelling | pubmed-79089432021-02-26 Respiratory protection in dentistry Darwish, Samy El-Boghdadly, Kariem Edney, Catherine Babbar, Ashvin Shembesh, Tarik Br Dent J Clinical Respiratory protection in the dental setting has become more important to protect healthcare professionals, their household members and their patients. As dental practices become increasingly independent in managing their respiratory protection requirements, the need for an in-depth understanding of the principles of respiratory protection is warranted. This article aims to enhance the awareness of dental professionals about the principles of respiratory protection and equipment, including designs, classification and levels of protection afforded to wearers. Determining the adequacy and suitability of respiratory protection, along with ensuring safe selection of appropriate equipment for protection of both wearer and patient, is described. Moreover, a detailed review of fit testing principles, procedures and governance are described. This comprehensive review should ensure that dental professionals are ideally placed to understand the implications of respiratory protection and safely apply it in their workplaces. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-02-26 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7908943/ /pubmed/33637920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2657-0 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to British Dental Association 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Darwish, Samy El-Boghdadly, Kariem Edney, Catherine Babbar, Ashvin Shembesh, Tarik Respiratory protection in dentistry |
title | Respiratory protection in dentistry |
title_full | Respiratory protection in dentistry |
title_fullStr | Respiratory protection in dentistry |
title_full_unstemmed | Respiratory protection in dentistry |
title_short | Respiratory protection in dentistry |
title_sort | respiratory protection in dentistry |
topic | Clinical |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33637920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2657-0 |
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