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Emergency Management in a Dental Clinic During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epidemic in Beijing by Chao Wang; Li Miao; Zhigang Wang; Yanjie Xiong; Yang Jiao; Hongchen Liu is a Dentistry article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background In mid-March 2020, the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was to be characterised as a pandemic. The purpose of this article is to recommend emergency management procedures for dental clinics during this public health emergency. ## Materials and Methods We have implemented a series of emergency management measures to prevent cross-infection in our dental clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, including personnel scheduling, division of the clinic into functional areas, limitation or delay of non-emergency patients, staff protection and infection controls, clinical environmental disinfection, and the use of online consultation services, among others. ## Results Due to public health policy and dental emergency management, the number of dental visitors to our clinic dropped sharply, and no COVID-19 suspected cases or high-risk patients received treatment. There have been no reports of infection of dental staff or patients during dental treatment in China to date. ## Conclusion These public health policies and dental emergency management measures were effective in controlling cross-infection of COVID-19 in the dental clinic. ## Practical Implications We share

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Author

Chao Wang; Li Miao; Zhigang Wang; Yanjie Xiong; Yang Jiao; Hongchen Liu

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)