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 c...

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Published inBritish journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery Vol. 58; no. 8; pp. 1040 - 1045
Main Authors Graham, C., Mizen, K.D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2020
The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd
Subjects
Anesthetics, Local
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
COVID-19
Dentistry
elective procedure
General Practice
Humans
local anaesthetic
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
standard operating procedure
Surveys and Questionnaires
COVID-19
local anaesthetic
elective procedure
standard operating procedure
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0266-4356
1532-1940
DOI:10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.07.042