ArticleBritish dental journal2014
Preventing wrong tooth extraction: experience in development and implementation of an outpatient safety checklist.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A scoping review of patient safety checklists in dentistry.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Understanding patient safety in dentistry: evaluating the present and envisioning the future-a narrative review.BMJ open quality · 2024Review
- Surgical safety checklists for dental implant surgeries-a scoping review.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Article
- Survey Study among Dentist in Bulgaria to Develop a Model for Risk Management in Dental Practice.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Perceptions of Patient Safety Competence Using the Modified Version of the Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey (H-PEPSS) Instrument Among Dental Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Advances in medical education and practice · 2022Article
- Preventing Wrong Tooth Extraction.Acta stomatologica Croatica · 2021Article
- How to create local safety standards for invasive procedures (LocSSIPs) by engaging the team in patient safety.British dental journal · 2019Article
- The evolution of patient safety procedures in an oral surgery department.British dental journal · 2019Article
- The adaption and implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist for dental procedures.British dental journal · 2018Article
- Measurement and monitoring of safety: impact and challenges of putting a conceptual framework into practice.BMJ quality & safety · 2018Article
- Dentists' perceptions of smart phone use in the clinical environment.British dental journal · 2018Article
- Developing agreement on never events in primary care dentistry: an international eDelphi study.British dental journal · 2018Article
- The development and implementation of a biopsy safety strategy for oral medicine.British dental journal · 2017Review
- The use and understanding of dental notation systems in UK and Irish dental hospitals.British dental journal · 2017Article
- Patient safety in dentistry: development of a candidate 'never event' list for primary care.British dental journal · 2017Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Extraction of the wrong tooth or teeth is a serious and avoidable clinical error causing harm to the patient. All NHS Trusts in England are required to use a surgical safety checklist in operating theatres to prevent incorrect site surgery and ensure safe management of patients. However, the majority of patients have dental extractions and other oral surgical procedures undertaken on an outpatient basis and these patients are also at risk of having an incorrect site surgical procedure such as a wrong tooth extraction. We describe our experience in developing, introducing and refining a surgical safety checklist for outpatient oral surgery along with the key strategic actions needed to ensure effective cultural change and optimum patient safety in the outpatient setting.
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