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Revista Información Científica
versión On-line ISSN 1028-9933
Resumen
CANTILLO-ACOSTA, Lisbeli y SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ, Nivia Ernestina. References on the prevention of COVID-19 in the Dental Service. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2020, vol.99, n.2, pp. 188-197. Epub 03-Mar-2020. ISSN 1028-9933.
Introduction:
Dental care exposes acting personnel to the risk of infection and of acquiring the coronavirus-2 disease, called COVID-19.
Objective:
To provide a theoretical reference on COVID-19 to support the preparation of stomatologists for risk perception and self-protection in the current conditions of this pandemic.
Method:
At the General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto", between March and June 2020 a narrative review was made on this topic through a search in different bibliographic databases: Pubmed/Medline, ScienceDirect and SciELO.
Results:
It was found articles by several authors that contribute to the knowledge of the prevention of the new coronavirus in the health services.
Conclusions:
Taking into account the way of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 reveals that oral medicine specialists are one of the health science professionals with the greatest risk of illness from COVID-19, therefore, it is necessary to set up the essential theoretical bases for its prevention and diagnosis, which are reflected in this article.
Palabras clave : new coronavirus; prevention; biosafety; Dental medicine.