scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic and Dental Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuraj Singh Kochhar ◽  
Ritasha Bhasin ◽  
Gulsheen Kaur Kochhar ◽  
Himanshu Dadlani
Keyword(s):  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Extensive Range ◽  
Dental Practices ◽  
Spread Pattern ◽  
And Control

SARS-CoV-2, a virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome, has inundated the whole world, generating global health concerns. There is a wildfire-like effect, despite the extensive range of efforts exercised by the affected countries to restrain the expanse of this pandemic, owing to its community spread pattern. Dental specialists in the upcoming days will likely come across patients with presumed or confirmed COVID-19 and will have to ensure stringent infection prevention and control to prevent its nosocomial spread. This paper strives to provide a brief overview of the etiology, incubation, symptoms, and transmission paradigms of this novel infection and how to minimize the spread in a dental healthcare setting. This review presents evidence-based patient management practice and protocols from the available literature to help formulate a contingency plan with recommendations, for the dental practices prior to patients’ visit, during in-office dental treatment, and post-treatment, during the pandemic and after.

scholarly journals The Saudi Infection Control Guidance for Re-opening Dental Services in Governmental and Private Sectors During Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Ali AlAhdal ◽  
Haila Al-Huraishi ◽  
Ahmad Almalag ◽  
Adel Alrusayes ◽  
Saud M Orfali
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
And Control

Objective: Novel newly discovered coronavirus, also known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, is a recently emerging virus that has been rapidly spreading globally since December 2019. Due to the vicinity inoro-dental treatment and aerosol production, people inside the dental office are at high risk of being infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2. This guideline aims to protect the dental health-care workers during their plans to re-open and increasingly continue their routine services until further notice from their governing body. Methods: A panel of experts in dentistry and infection prevention and control reviewed the local and global research and guidelines related to infection prevention and control during coronavirus disease-2019, along with the re-opening guidance provided by different entities. Results: Such a document might either be adopted or adapted to any regional and international organization that wishes to use a revised professional guideline in infection prevention and control dental services. Conclusion: A careful re-opening plan should be developed and implemented, including strict infection control measures before resuming the dental practice.

scholarly journals Recommendations For Metrics For Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position Paper

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 901-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam L. Cohen ◽  
David Calfee ◽  
Scott K. Fridkin ◽  
Susan S. Huang ◽  
John A. Jernigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Organisms ◽  
Vulnerable Patient ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
And Control

Monitoring multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) and the infections they cause in a healthcare setting is important to detect newly emerging antimicrobial resistance profiles, to identify vulnerable patient populations, and to assess the need for and effectiveness of interventions; however, it is unclear which metrics are the best, because most of the metrics are not standardized. This document describes useful and practical metrics and surveillance considerations for measuring MDROs and the infections they cause in the practice of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. These metrics are designed to aid healthcare workers in documenting trends over time within their facility and should not be used for interfacility comparison.

scholarly journals Utilizing a Risk-Based Criteria Framework to Identify Infection Prevention and Control Risks in Australian Dental Settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s427-s427
Author(s):  
Kylie Robb
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Aseptic Technique ◽  
Dental Practices ◽  
And Control ◽  
Full Day

Background: A dental practitioner must comply with the Dental Board of Australia’s guidelines on infection control. In this project, we developed a risk-based criteria framework to assess a practitioner’s infection prevention and control (IPC) systems and processes. This project allowed for the provision of the highest standard of infection control continuing education and advice relevant to the needs of members of the Australian Dental Association (NSW Branch). Methods: A review of 1,050 continuing professional development (CPD) IPC course evaluation forms was conducted to determine the key IPC areas that participants have the most difficulty with. All core IPC documents that practitioners are expected to understand and comply with were determined and any regulator- and profession-led compliance checklists were collated. These data were consolidated to generate a risk-based criteria framework that was then applied to 99 private, office-based, dental practices to determine IPC compliance. Results: After the review of 99 dental practices, the total aggregate compliance score was 78%, and the 15 key IPC areas were ranked from highest to lowest. These data assisted with the development of a full-day IPC course focusing on the top 5 risks in each category. The five areas of opportunity identified were Hand Hygiene (52%), Surgical Procedures and Aseptic Technique (59%), Documentation, Policy and Knowledge (61%), Sharps (72%), Steam Sterilisers (72%). Conclusions: This project identified key IPC risks for office-based dental practices from the capture of performance-based data. This data formed a targeted education framework that prioritized areas of opportunity to improve IPC standards in Australian dental practices.Funding: NoneDisclosures: None

Effective infection prevention and control strategies in a large accredited psychiatric facility in Singapore

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Poremski ◽  
Sandra Henrietta Subner ◽  
Grace Lam Fong Kin ◽  
Raveen Dev Ram Dev ◽  
Mok Yee Ming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Psychiatric Facility ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
And Control

The Institute of Mental Health in Singapore continues to attempt to prevent the introduction of COVID-19, despite community transmission. Essential services are maintained and quarantine measures are currently unnecessary. To help similar organizations, strategies are listed along three themes: sustaining essential services, preventing infection, and managing human and consumable resources.

Barriers to infection prevention and control practice among Amhara region teaching hospitals in Ethiopia: Qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walelegn Worku Yallew ◽  
Abera Kumie ◽  
Feleke Moges Yehuala
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Worker ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Amhara Region ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
And Control

Healthcare workers have good perception towards infection prevention, but there has been a poor practice towards it. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore barriers to practice of infection prevention and control practice in teaching hospitals in Amhara region. A phenomenological approach used to explore the lived experience of healthcare workers and management staffs towards infection prevention practice and control. The data was collected from ten in-depth interviews and 23 focus group discussion participants, by face to face interview using open ended interview performed in safe and quiet places. Data was managed using OpenCode software version 4.03 and contents were analyzed thematically. Totally ten different barriers were identified, such as availability of facilities, shortage of material supply, lack of maintenance of facilities and equipment, high patient flow, experience, emergency situation, healthcare worker behaviour and healthcare worker’s information about infection prevention, low awareness of patients and visitors and overflow of families and visitors to the hospital. For effective infection prevention practice implementation, barriers should be considered via identifying specific organizational, healthcare worker, patients and visitors as targets.

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