Current SARS-CoV-2 Protective Strategies for Healthcare Professionals

Miriam Ting; John A Molinari; Jon B Suzuki

doi:10.3390/biomedicines11030808

Current SARS-CoV-2 Protective Strategies for Healthcare Professionals

Biomedicines. 2023 Mar 7;11(3):808. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11030808.

Authors

Miriam Ting¹, John A Molinari², Jon B Suzuki^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
² School of Dentistry, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI 48221, USA.
³ Department of Graduate Periodontics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 20742, USA.
⁴ Department of Graduate Prosthodontics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
⁵ Department of Graduate Periodontics, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA.
⁶ Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Medicine), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
⁷ Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology (Dentistry), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 was first reported in China in December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and spread primarily via an airborne route. Hand hygiene, surgical masks, vaccinations and boosters, air filtration, environmental sanitization, instrument sterilization, mouth rinses, and social distancing are essential infection control measures against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. This paper aims to provide healthcare professionals with evidence-based protective strategies.

Keywords: COVID; PPE; SARS-CoV; aerosol; disinfection; mouthwash; pathophysiology; prevention; sanitization.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.