id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338419-n8cmv8mf Carmelo, Juliana de Carvalho Impact of COVID-19 on the daily routine of radiology clinics 2020-09-16 .txt text/plain 1734 99 56 2 Faced with this situation, many public health services, including dental clinics and dental radiology centers, have been required to change their daily routines and augment health care procedures to ensure the protection of both patients and service providers, given that COVID-19 is highly transmissible through contact with saliva droplets. Since dental professionals come into intimate contact with the patient's mouth when obtaining radiography and tomography images, the relevance of care is thus of the utmost importance. 5 -Clinical environment: The entire dental care environment should be sanitized and disinfected after the patient leaves: reflectors, chair, equipment, and surfaces with 70% alcohol, with vigorous rubbing, for 30 seconds, or a 0.5% to 1% sodium hypochlorite solution. 11 With its high transmissibility and the possibility of asymptomatic carriers, COVID-19 presents a high risk of infection for dental radiology professionals, who could consequently transmit the disease to others. ./cache/cord-338419-n8cmv8mf.txt ./txt/cord-338419-n8cmv8mf.txt