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Awareness of aerosol-related transmission of COVID-19 among the dentists of Nepal

OBJECTIVE: To access the awareness of dental practitioners of Nepal towards COVID-19 transmission through aerosols. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study involved 384 dentists from all over Nepal and was conducted for a period of 3 months. A self-reported online questionnaire was developed using Google f...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Nashib, Basnet, Buddha Bahadur, Koju, Sushmit, Khapung, Anju, Gupta, Alka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34183657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41405-021-00079-0
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author Pandey, Nashib
Basnet, Buddha Bahadur
Koju, Sushmit
Khapung, Anju
Gupta, Alka
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Koju, Sushmit
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description OBJECTIVE: To access the awareness of dental practitioners of Nepal towards COVID-19 transmission through aerosols. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study involved 384 dentists from all over Nepal and was conducted for a period of 3 months. A self-reported online questionnaire was developed using Google forms and the link was shared. It emphasized the awareness related to the aerosol and ventilation system in their daily practices was prepared. The data were analyzed in Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.0 software. RESULTS: The majority of participants were female 52.9% (n = 203) and within the age groups of <30 years 57% (n = 219). Participants from Bagmati Province were 60.4% (n = 232), with least from Sudurpaschim Province 0.5% (n = 2). 60% of participants provided only emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and few (7%) provided consultations via telephone. The current ventilation system used was a well-ventilated room with open windows 65.4% (n = 251). However, 52.8% (n = 203) preferred specialized operatory incorporating high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters and ultraviolet (UV) light. More than 60% of respondents were unaware of the particle size of the aerosol. CONCLUSIONS: The obtained results signify the need for the proper ventilation system with appropriate air filtration systems in dental clinical setups.
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spelling pubmed-82372512021-06-28 Awareness of aerosol-related transmission of COVID-19 among the dentists of Nepal Pandey, Nashib Basnet, Buddha Bahadur Koju, Sushmit Khapung, Anju Gupta, Alka BDJ Open Article OBJECTIVE: To access the awareness of dental practitioners of Nepal towards COVID-19 transmission through aerosols. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study involved 384 dentists from all over Nepal and was conducted for a period of 3 months. A self-reported online questionnaire was developed using Google forms and the link was shared. It emphasized the awareness related to the aerosol and ventilation system in their daily practices was prepared. The data were analyzed in Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.0 software. RESULTS: The majority of participants were female 52.9% (n = 203) and within the age groups of <30 years 57% (n = 219). Participants from Bagmati Province were 60.4% (n = 232), with least from Sudurpaschim Province 0.5% (n = 2). 60% of participants provided only emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and few (7%) provided consultations via telephone. The current ventilation system used was a well-ventilated room with open windows 65.4% (n = 251). However, 52.8% (n = 203) preferred specialized operatory incorporating high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters and ultraviolet (UV) light. More than 60% of respondents were unaware of the particle size of the aerosol. CONCLUSIONS: The obtained results signify the need for the proper ventilation system with appropriate air filtration systems in dental clinical setups. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8237251/ /pubmed/34183657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41405-021-00079-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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