Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 26: In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, ex-President of Indian Dental Association (IDA), Dr. Gautam Sharma has requested the Health Ministry to release specific guidelines for dental clinics.
In a handout Dr. Sharma stated that Dentist throughout the country are confused as the top dental authorities like Dental Council of India, IDA and some private organizations have released their guidelines regarding fumigation protocols and personal protection equipments (PPEs) in dental clinics.
He requested the Ministry of Health to publish guidelines on its website to be adopted as standard operating procedure by every dentist in the country.
“There is perplexity over the chemical to be used in dental clinics and concentration of the chemical for fumigation as different organizations and webinars are telling different agents to be used. There is also confusion over the PPE suits to be used, its thickness, sterlisation and proper procedure of disposal of PPEs,” Dr. Sharma maintained.
He said that Ministry shall also authorize some dealers in every town to sell the PPEs approved by the government or publish the specifications on its website for PPE as market is flooded with sub-standard PPEs.
Dr. Sharma said, though most of the private clinics are closed due to lockdown yet the dentist at government hospitals are not provided enough PPEs.
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