Many patients with COVID-19 infection have no fever, and the symptoms are mild or even asymptomatic. So there is a risk in every specialty as long as there is a visit. In particular, the risk of infection is higher in ENT, dental and other specialties that require open mouth examination and treatment. When we do nasal local treatments, the spray and moisture tend to escape from the opposite nasal cavity or mouth. If we frequently spray local treatment, the released mist may carry the virus, causing the virus to continue to spread.
Therefore, topical treatments such as aerosol spraying and nasal aspiration should be avoided during doctor's visits during the disease prevention period. We need to be more careful to protect ourselves. Because you can only protect your patients if you protect yourself first.
