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Recommendations for a safe restart of elective aerosol-generating oral surgery procedures following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: An Italian multicenter study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Sassari, Italy;2. Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;3. Department of Dentistry, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy;4. Department of Dentistry, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Parma, Italy;5. Department of Dentistry, Cittadella Hospital, Padua, Italy;6. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy;7. Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Corso Turati 62, 10128, Turin, Italy;8. Department of Dentistry, AUSL Della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy;9. Department of Dentistry, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Sassari, Italy |
| Abstract: | Among healthcare workers, oral and maxillofacial surgeons are some of the most exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The aim of this retrospective study was to develop suggestions for continuing the work of oral and maxillofacial surgeons using a safe protocol for elective and urgent aerosol-generating procedures that could prevent the onset of new clusters.Based on the results obtained and a guidelines review of those Asian countries that had promptly managed the current pandemic, the following safety protocol was developed: |
| Keywords: | Virology Infection control Public health Contagion Transmission COVID Novel coronavirus Dental protocols Dental practice Oral surgery PPE AGP |
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