PubMed:32881190 JSONTXT 19 Projects

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Id Subject Object Predicate Lexical cue
T1 0-101 Sentence denotes Occupational COVID-19 risk to dental staff working in a public dental unit in the outbreak epicentre.
T2 102-112 Sentence denotes OBJECTIVE:
T3 113-313 Sentence denotes The management of the COVID-19 outbreak occurred in Lombardy (Italy) implied that non-COVID-19 healthcare was remodelled, limiting adequate resources in non-hospital public dental healthcare settings.
T4 314-451 Sentence denotes This situation offered the opportunity to investigate the occupational COVID-19 risk to dental staff in public non-hospital dental units.
T5 452-460 Sentence denotes METHODS:
T6 461-623 Sentence denotes An infection-control protocol was designed for dental healthcare in the Territorial Health and Social Services Authority (ASST) "Melegnano and Martesana" (Milan).
T7 624-758 Sentence denotes Since specific guidance from central authorities was lacking, information was gathered from international public health organizations.
T8 759-882 Sentence denotes The probability to visit asymptomatic COVID-19 patients was estimated and the occupational risk to dental staff calculated.
T9 883-891 Sentence denotes RESULTS:
T10 892-1114 Sentence denotes The probability to visit asymptomatic patients passed from 1.2% (95% confidence interval -95CI, 0.6-2.5%) in the first period (20 February-15 March 2020) to 11.1% (95CI, 5.8-23.6%) in the second period (16 March-30 April).
T11 1115-1295 Sentence denotes Dentists and dental assistants did not develop COVID-19, while one nurse did, the nature of her occupational risk was unclear, as nurses provided prevalently non-dental healthcare.
T12 1296-1467 Sentence denotes The probabilities of developing COVID-19 per worked hour per person excluding and including this uncertain situation were 0.0% (95CI, 0.0-3.2%), and 0.9% (95CI, 0.1-4.7%).
T13 1468-1479 Sentence denotes CONCLUSION:
T14 1480-1597 Sentence denotes Relatively simple infection control procedures were enough to control occupational COVID-19 risk during the outbreak.