ArticleBritish dental journal2017
Patient safety in dentistry: development of a candidate 'never event' list for primary care.
Article in British dental journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Lessons learnt on patient safety in dentistry through a 5-year nationwide database study on iatrogenic harm.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Understanding patient safety in dentistry: evaluating the present and envisioning the future-a narrative review.BMJ open quality · 2024Review
- Dental patients as partners in promoting quality and safety: a qualitative exploratory study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Wrong-sided?British dental journal · 2021Article
- Female dental students' perceptions of patient safety culture: a cross sectional study at a middle eastern setting.BMC medical education · 2018Article
- Is it the world or is it me!?British dental journal · 2018Article
- Dentists are humans too - education in human factors within dental care.British dental journal · 2018Article
- Developing agreement on never events in primary care dentistry: an international eDelphi study.British dental journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
Introduction The 'never event' concept is often used in secondary care and refers to an agreed list of patient safety incidents that 'should not happen if the necessary preventative measures are in place'. Such an intervention may raise awareness of patient safety issues and inform team learning and system improvements in primary care dentistry.Objective To identify and develop a candidate never event list for primary care dentistry.Methods A literature review, eight workshops with dental practitioners and a modified Delphi with 'expert' groups were used to identify and agree candidate never events.Results Two-hundred and fifty dental practitioners suggested 507 never events, reduced to 27 distinct possibilities grouped across seven themes. Most frequently occurring themes were: 'checking medical history and prescribing' (119, 23.5%) and 'infection control and decontamination' (71, 14%). 'Experts' endorsed nine candidate never event statements with one graded as 'extreme risk' (failure to check past medical history) and four as 'high risk' (for example, extracting wrong tooth).Conclusion Consensus on a preliminary list of never events was developed. This is the first known attempt to develop this approach and an important step in determining its value to patient safety. Further work is necessary to develop the utility of this method.
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