COVID-19 Surface Persistence: A Recent Data Summary and Its Importance for Medical and Dental Settings

Fiorillo, Luca; Cervino, Gabriele; Matarese, Marco; D’Amico, Cesare; Surace, Giovanni; Paduano, Valeria; Fiorillo, Maria Teresa; Moschella, Antonio; Bruna, Alessia La; Romano, Giovanni Luca; Laudicella, Riccardo; Baldari, Sergio; Cicciù, Marco

doi:10.3390/ijerph17093132

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“…It is important to pay attention to the duration of use, dilution rate, and especially the expiration time following the preparation of the solution [4]. A recent paper pointed out that surface disinfection could be performed with 0.1% sodium hypochlorite or 62%-71% ethanol for one minute in order to eliminate SAS-CoV-2 [139].…”

Section: Surface Asepsis/disinfectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment

Bizzoca

Campisi

Muzio

2020

IJERPH

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The authors performed a narrative review on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- CoronaVirus-2 ( SARS-CoV-2) and all infectious agents with the primary endpoints to illustrate the most accepted models of safety protocols in dentistry and oral medicine, and to propose an easy view of the problem and a comparison (pre- vs post-COVID19) for the most common dental procedures. The outcome is forecast to help dentists to individuate for a given procedure the differences in terms of safety protocols to avoid infectious contagion (by SARS-CoV-2 and others dangerous agents). An investigation was performed on the online databases Pubmed and Scopus using a combination of free words and Medical Subject Headings (MESH) terms: “dentist” OR “oral health” AND “COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “coronavirus-19”. After a brief excursus on all infectious agents transmittable at the dental chair, the authors described all the personal protective equipment (PPE) actually on the market and their indications, and on the basis of the literature, they compared (before and after COVID-19 onset) the correct safety procedures for each dental practice studied, underlining the danger of underestimating, in general, dental cross-infections. The authors have highlighted the importance of knowing exactly the risk of infections in the dental practice, and to modulate correctly the use of PPE, in order to invest adequate financial resources and to avoid exposing both the dental team and patients to preventable risks.

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“…From all these data, it is evident that the dentist and his team need to use rigid and precise operating protocols in order to avoid infectious contagion [23]. Several authors proposed some right procedures in the operative dentistry [2][3][4]10,23,83,139,[146][147][148][149].…”

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Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment

Bizzoca

Campisi

Muzio

2020

IJERPH

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“…Handles and public transport handholds; • Buttons; • Mobile phones and electronics; • Floor [20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Persistence: Data Summary up to Q2 2020

Cervino

Fiorillo

Surace³

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The coronavirus pandemic is causing confusion in the world. This confusion also affects the different guidelines adopted by each country. The persistence of Coronavirus, responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has been evaluated by different articles, but it is still not well-defined, and the method of diffusion is unclear. The aim of this manuscript is to underline new Coronavirus persistence features on different environments and surfaces. The scientific literature is still poor on this topic and research is mainly focused on therapy and diagnosis, rather than the characteristics of the virus. These data could be an aid to summarize virus features and formulate new guidelines and anti-spread strategies.

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“…Being able to know where these particles are and in what concentration seem then the best protection and awareness for staff to avoid staying too long in contact. Deposition rate of these particles is not addressed in this paper and researchers are still debating about lifetime on surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus [47].…”

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A Systems Approach to Assess Transport and Diffusion of Hazardous Airborne Particles in a Large Surgical Suite: Potential Impacts on Viral Airborne Transmission

Garbey

Joerger²,

Furr³

2020

IJERPH

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Airborne transmission of viruses, such as the coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in hospital systems are under debate: it has been shown that transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus goes beyond droplet dynamics that is limited to 1 to 2 m, but it is unclear if the airborne viral load is significant enough to ensure transmission of the disease. Surgical smoke can act as a carrier for tissue particles, viruses, and bacteria. To quantify airborne transmission from a physical point of view, we consider surgical smoke produced by thermal destruction of tissue during the use of electrosurgical instruments as a marker of airborne particle diffusion-transportation. Surgical smoke plumes are also known to be dangerous for human health, especially to surgical staff who receive long-term exposure over the years. There are limited quantified metrics reported on long-term effects of surgical smoke on staff’s health. The purpose of this paper is to provide a mathematical framework and experimental protocol to assess the transport and diffusion of hazardous airborne particles in every large operating room suite. Measurements from a network of air quality sensors gathered during a clinical study provide validation for the main part of the model. Overall, the model estimates staff exposure to airborne contamination from surgical smoke and biological material. To address the clinical implication over a long period of time, the systems approach is built upon previous work on multi-scale modeling of surgical flow in a large operating room suite and takes into account human behavior factors.

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COVID-19 Surface Persistence: A Recent Data Summary and Its Importance for Medical and Dental Settings

Cited by 156 publications

References 37 publications

Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment

Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment

SARS-CoV-2 Persistence: Data Summary up to Q2 2020

A Systems Approach to Assess Transport and Diffusion of Hazardous Airborne Particles in a Large Surgical Suite: Potential Impacts on Viral Airborne Transmission

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