Oral pathologists during pandemic covid- 19: risks and prevention

Author: 
Dr.Nitya K., MDS and Dr.Vikram S Amberkar., MDS

The Corona virus was named as the 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by World Health Organization (WHO).WHO officially named the disease as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Coronavirus Study Group (CSG) of the International Committee proposed to name the new coronavirus as SARS –CoV-2. Human to human transmission was very common and many methods have been followed to prevent the community spread. Health care workers are also getting impacted during the treatment of infected patients. Dental field also faces the similar impact due to aerosol productions during clinical procedures. As Oral Pathologists, certain precautions have to be taken while handling the biopsy specimens and microscopic slides.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2020.23263.4606
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