Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a global pandemic that affects individuals from all walks of life. Considering that the virus can be passed on directly from person to person through respiratory droplets, contact, fomit...
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| author | Karpal Singh Sohal Elison N. M. Simon Boniphace Kalyanyama Jeremiah Robert Moshy |
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| description | Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a global pandemic that affects individuals from all walks of life. Considering that the virus can be passed on directly from person to person through respiratory droplets, contact, fomites, and saliva, the oral and maxillofacial surgeons are exposed to COVID-19 in their daily clinical duties. This is because of the nature of their work, which entails working within a short distance from patients’ oral cavity and upper airway. As such, there is a need for having locally tailored standard guidelines for managing patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions during the COVID 19 pandemic in Tanzania. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5377aec09f6b4b6dae4b6d6ad6643c722022-12-22T01:52:46ZengBMCTropical Medicine and Health1349-41472020-08-014811310.1186/s41182-020-00258-zOral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from TanzaniaKarpal Singh Sohal0Elison N. M. Simon1Boniphace Kalyanyama2Jeremiah Robert Moshy3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesAbstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a global pandemic that affects individuals from all walks of life. Considering that the virus can be passed on directly from person to person through respiratory droplets, contact, fomites, and saliva, the oral and maxillofacial surgeons are exposed to COVID-19 in their daily clinical duties. This is because of the nature of their work, which entails working within a short distance from patients’ oral cavity and upper airway. As such, there is a need for having locally tailored standard guidelines for managing patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions during the COVID 19 pandemic in Tanzania.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00258-zCOVID-19Oral and maxillofacial surgeryTanzania |
| spellingShingle | Karpal Singh Sohal Elison N. M. Simon Boniphace Kalyanyama Jeremiah Robert Moshy Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania Tropical Medicine and Health COVID-19 Oral and maxillofacial surgery Tanzania |
| title | Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania |
| title_full | Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania |
| title_short | Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania |
| title_sort | oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid covid 19 pandemic perspective from tanzania |
| topic | COVID-19 Oral and maxillofacial surgery Tanzania |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00258-z |
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