The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Oct 2020
Coronavirus antibody positive tests and continued use of personal protective equipment throughout the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust not only a novel virus onto the world, but new challenges resulting in novel approaches. Governments have reduced regulation in order to facilitate timely advances to combat the disease. ⋯ Mask use has come to the forefront and human factor (HF) strategies must be examined to reduce risk associated with lack of engagement from both healthcare staff and patients. In this we explore these issues and suggest some solutions.
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Oct 2020
OMFS moving into the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic - a survey on general practice for elective local anaesthetic procedures.
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant a halt to elective oral and maxillofacial procedures under local anaesthetic. As oral and maxillofacial departments enter the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic there are many considerations to make regarding standard operating procedures. Thus, this survey was conducted to identify areas of consensus and divergence in practice during the recovery phase of the pandemic for local anaesthetic procedures in oral and maxillofacial units. Our findings show there are some areas of inconsistency of practice particularly in preoperative risk management and self-isolation as well as fallow time between patients for aerosol generated procedures and non-aerosol generated procedures.