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One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare workers to adapt to challenges in both patient care and self-protection. Dental practitioners were confronted with a potentially high possibility of infection transmission due to aerosol-generating procedures. This study aims to present data on...

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Autores principales: Zellmer, Stephan, Bachmann, Ella, Muzalyova, Anna, Ebigbo, Alanna, Kahn, Maria, Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia, Frankenberger, Roland, Eckstein, Fabian M., Ziebart, Thomas, Meisgeier, Axel, Messmann, Helmut, Römmele, Christoph, Schlittenbauer, Tilo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010434
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010175
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author Zellmer, Stephan
Bachmann, Ella
Muzalyova, Anna
Ebigbo, Alanna
Kahn, Maria
Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
Frankenberger, Roland
Eckstein, Fabian M.
Ziebart, Thomas
Meisgeier, Axel
Messmann, Helmut
Römmele, Christoph
Schlittenbauer, Tilo
author_facet Zellmer, Stephan
Bachmann, Ella
Muzalyova, Anna
Ebigbo, Alanna
Kahn, Maria
Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
Frankenberger, Roland
Eckstein, Fabian M.
Ziebart, Thomas
Meisgeier, Axel
Messmann, Helmut
Römmele, Christoph
Schlittenbauer, Tilo
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description (1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare workers to adapt to challenges in both patient care and self-protection. Dental practitioners were confronted with a potentially high possibility of infection transmission due to aerosol-generating procedures. This study aims to present data on healthcare worker (HCW) screening, infection status of HCWs, pre-interventional testing, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the economic impact of the pandemic in dental facilities. (2) Methods: Dental facilities were surveyed nationwide using an online questionnaire. The acquisition of participants took place in cooperation with the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine. (3) Results: A total of 1094 private practices participated. Of these, 39.1% treated fewer than 600 patients per quarter and 59.9% treated over 600 patients per quarter. Pre-interventional testing was rarely performed in either small (6.6%) or large practices (6.0%). Large practices had a significantly higher incidence of at least one SARS-CoV-2-positive HCW than small practices (26.2% vs.14.4%, p < 0.01). The main source of infection in small practices was the private environment, and this was even more significant in large practices (81.8% vs. 89.7%, p < 0.01). The procedure count either remained stable (34.0% of small practices vs. 46.2% of large practices) or decreased by up to 50% (52.6% of small practices vs. 44.4% of large practices). Revenue remained stable (24.8% of small practices vs. 34.2% of large practices) or decreased by up to 50% (64.5% of small practices vs. 55.3% of large practices, p = 0.03). Overall, employee numbers remained stable (75.5% of small practices vs. 76.8% of large practices). A vaccination readiness of 60–100% was shown in 60.5% (n = 405) of large practices and 59.9% (n = 251) of small practices. (4) Conclusion: Pre-interventional testing in dental practices should be increased further. Economic challenges affected small practices as well as large practices. Overall, a steady employee count could be maintained. Vaccination readiness is high in dental practices, although with some room for improvement.
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spelling pubmed-87507872022-01-12 One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis Zellmer, Stephan Bachmann, Ella Muzalyova, Anna Ebigbo, Alanna Kahn, Maria Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia Frankenberger, Roland Eckstein, Fabian M. Ziebart, Thomas Meisgeier, Axel Messmann, Helmut Römmele, Christoph Schlittenbauer, Tilo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare workers to adapt to challenges in both patient care and self-protection. Dental practitioners were confronted with a potentially high possibility of infection transmission due to aerosol-generating procedures. This study aims to present data on healthcare worker (HCW) screening, infection status of HCWs, pre-interventional testing, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the economic impact of the pandemic in dental facilities. (2) Methods: Dental facilities were surveyed nationwide using an online questionnaire. The acquisition of participants took place in cooperation with the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine. (3) Results: A total of 1094 private practices participated. Of these, 39.1% treated fewer than 600 patients per quarter and 59.9% treated over 600 patients per quarter. Pre-interventional testing was rarely performed in either small (6.6%) or large practices (6.0%). Large practices had a significantly higher incidence of at least one SARS-CoV-2-positive HCW than small practices (26.2% vs.14.4%, p < 0.01). The main source of infection in small practices was the private environment, and this was even more significant in large practices (81.8% vs. 89.7%, p < 0.01). The procedure count either remained stable (34.0% of small practices vs. 46.2% of large practices) or decreased by up to 50% (52.6% of small practices vs. 44.4% of large practices). Revenue remained stable (24.8% of small practices vs. 34.2% of large practices) or decreased by up to 50% (64.5% of small practices vs. 55.3% of large practices, p = 0.03). Overall, employee numbers remained stable (75.5% of small practices vs. 76.8% of large practices). A vaccination readiness of 60–100% was shown in 60.5% (n = 405) of large practices and 59.9% (n = 251) of small practices. (4) Conclusion: Pre-interventional testing in dental practices should be increased further. Economic challenges affected small practices as well as large practices. Overall, a steady employee count could be maintained. Vaccination readiness is high in dental practices, although with some room for improvement. MDPI 2021-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8750787/ /pubmed/35010434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010175 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zellmer, Stephan
Bachmann, Ella
Muzalyova, Anna
Ebigbo, Alanna
Kahn, Maria
Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
Frankenberger, Roland
Eckstein, Fabian M.
Ziebart, Thomas
Meisgeier, Axel
Messmann, Helmut
Römmele, Christoph
Schlittenbauer, Tilo
One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8750787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010434
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010175
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