DOI:

10.37988/1811-153X_2021_1_156

Dentist’s work time expenditures while providing dental care to patients with infectious diseases

Authors

  • A.A. Sorokina 1, PhD in Medical sciences, associate professor
    ORCID: 0000-0003-0411-9837
  • F.F. Losev 1, PhD in Medical Sciences, full professor, director
    ORCID: 0000-0002-9448-9614
  • V.D. Vagner 1, PhD in Medical Sciences, full professor of the Dental service organization, licensing and accreditation Department
    ORCID: 0000-0002-9136-9289
  • V.G. Butova 1, PhD in Medical Sciences, full professor of the Methodological and scientific Department
    ORCID: 0000-0002-4292-7774
  • 1 Central Research Institute of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, 119021, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyze the working process of dentists providing medical care to patients with infectious diseases in a multidisciplinary hospital.
Materials and methods.
Chronometry has been carried out, the time standards have been established for the provision of dental care by the doctors of the dental office of a large multidisciplinary clinical hospital in Moscow, which provides medical services to the adult population, including patients with infectious diseases. There were used analytical method, timing, descriptive statistics.
Results.
It was found that the investigated types of activities of a dentist, while visiting one infectious patient, were distributed in decreasing order as follows: main activity — 32.34 (50.4%) minutes, work with documentation — 16.03 (24.98%) minutes, auxiliary activities — 8.65 (13.5%) minutes, official — 3.51 (5.47%) minutes, other activities — 2.30 (3.6%) minutes, personal required time — 1.35 (2.1%) minutes. Labor time of the specialist was completely occupied.
Conclusion.
The workflow of a doctor in a dental office of a multidisciplinary hospital, while providing medical care to infectious patients, is organized in the optimal way.

Key words:

dental care, chronometry study, standard time, dentist

For Citation

[1]
Sorokina A.A., Losev F.F., Vagner V.D., Butova V.G. Dentist’s work time expenditures while providing dental care to patients with infectious diseases. Clinical Dentistry (Russia).  2021; 1 (97): 156—159. DOI: 10.37988/1811-153X_2021_1_156

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Received

December 3, 2020

Published on

March 1, 2021