Lessons Learned from Contact Tracing COVID-19 cases in Dental Settings in East Scotland
Copyright© 2024 Dennis Barber Ltd..
INTRODUCTION: Dental settings were considered high risk settings for COVID-19. A Dental Public Health Team in East Scotland worked to risk assess each situation timeously to break chains of transmission.
AIM: To present learning from routine data collected from contact tracing COVID-19 cases in the dental setting.
DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of a routine data set of COVID-19 cases associated with a dental setting reported via the national contact tracing system for two health board areas in the East of Scotland.
METHODS: Descriptive statistics summarise the data collected over a 13-month period (Oct 2020-Dec 2021) during which all included COVID-19 cases were confirmed by PCR. A narrative presents output from contact tracing of all cases and includes themes identified during contact tracing that led to transmission within a dental setting. A case study illustrates impact of transmission.
RESULTS: 752 cases are included. No evidence of staff to patient transmission or vice versa was found in this study. Staff to staff transmission occurred in non-clinical areas contributing to 33% of total staff cases with the remainder assessed to result from community transmission.
CONCLUSION: Transmission of COVID-19 in a dental setting, in the context of this study, appears to be confined to non-clinical areas with the majority of staff cases resulting from community transmission. Future pandemic plans should include tools to aid with implementation of guidance in non-clinical areas.
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Community dental health - (2024) vom: 19. Feb. |
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Englisch |
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Mc Goldrick, N [VerfasserIn] |
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COVID-19 |
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Date Revised 29.03.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status Publisher |
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10.1922/CDH_00183McGoldrick06 |
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| 520 | |a INTRODUCTION: Dental settings were considered high risk settings for COVID-19. A Dental Public Health Team in East Scotland worked to risk assess each situation timeously to break chains of transmission | ||
| 520 | |a AIM: To present learning from routine data collected from contact tracing COVID-19 cases in the dental setting | ||
| 520 | |a DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of a routine data set of COVID-19 cases associated with a dental setting reported via the national contact tracing system for two health board areas in the East of Scotland | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Descriptive statistics summarise the data collected over a 13-month period (Oct 2020-Dec 2021) during which all included COVID-19 cases were confirmed by PCR. A narrative presents output from contact tracing of all cases and includes themes identified during contact tracing that led to transmission within a dental setting. A case study illustrates impact of transmission | ||
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