实用性回归通过选和测试 (PREDICT) 来有效控制牙科感染:一项观察性可行性研究,以提高牙科办公室的安全性
Janine Fredericks-Younger1, Cecile A Feldman2,3, Veerasathpurush Allareddy4
1School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers University, Office of Academic Affairs, 110 Bergen Street, Rm B813, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA. frederja@rutgers.edu.
Pilot and feasibility studies
|February 28, 2024
概括
在牙科设置中进行访问前的SARS-CoV-2测试是可行的,并改善了患者和牙科保健工作人员 (DHCW) 的安全感知. 实施测试协议可以在传染病爆发期间保持牙科护理的连续性.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 牙科医学 牙科医学
背景情况:
- 由于气溶环境和对传播的恐惧,COVID-19大流行造成了严重的牙科护理中断.
- 访问前的SARS-CoV-2测试提供了一种策略,以减轻牙科办公室的疾病传播.
- 预测可行性研究评估了牙科环境中的测试物流和影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查基于实验室的PCR和诊所抗原检测SARS-CoV-2在牙科实践中的可行性和影响.
- 评估实施访问前SARS-CoV-2测试的后勤方面.
- 评估测试对牙科保健工作者和患者对安全感知的影响.
主要方法:
- 涉及四家牙科诊所的牙科保健工作者 (DHCW) 和患者的前性研究.
- 基于实验室的PCR病毒检测与治疗点 (POC) 抗原检测的比较.
- 通过电子调查和SARS-CoV-2测试收集数据;使用描述性统计数据进行分析.
主要成果:
- 两个患者 (4.9%) 和两个DHCW (12.5%) 检测出SARS-CoV-2阳性.
- 唾液,舌头上皮细胞和鼻是首选的样本类型.
- 两种测试方法都需要相似的完成时间,通用测试提高了DHCW和患者的舒适度.
结论:
- SARS-CoV-2 测试可以整合到牙科工作流程中,提高患者和DHCWs的感知安全性.
- 测试的可行性支持其在新兴传染病风险减轻策略中的作用.
- 实施测试可以减少牙科诊所的关闭,并确保护理的连续性.
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