Table 2.
Low Risk | Medium Risk | High Risk |
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Triaged or clinically assessed patients with no symptoms, with known recent COVID-19 status, or patients who recently have self-isolated, shielded. | Triaged or clinically assessed patients with no symptoms, with no known recent COVID-19 contact | Untriaged persons present for assessment or treatment (status and symptoms unknown) |
Persons who have recovered from COVID-19 recently and had few days without any symptoms | Asymptomatic persons with unknown infectious status | Symptomatic or suspected COVID-19 persons |
Patients who had a negative COVID-19 PCR test within 72 h of treatment and had been self-isolating from the test date | Asymptomatic persons who declined testing | History of contact with COVID-19 individual, they are waiting for test results |
Traffic light’ system, adapted and modified, Standard Operating Procedure for the Dental Management of Non-COVID-19 Patients in Wales, v.1.01, Wales, UK.