PMID- 23351166
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140616
LR  - 20210820
IS  - 1502-3850 (Electronic)
IS  - 0001-6357 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 6
DP  - 2013 Nov
TI  - Patient safety incidents reported by Finnish dentists; results from an 
      internet-based survey.
PG  - 1370-7
LID - 10.3109/00016357.2013.764005 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Few data are available on dental patient safety (PS), as most PS 
      studies have focused on other activities in health care. OBJECTIVE: To detect 
      types and causes of dental PS incidents (PSIs), including adverse events (AEs) 
      and near misses (NMs), in Finnish dental care. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Altogether 
      1041 privately or publicly employed dentists in southern Finland completed a 
      structured questionnaire using an internet-based system (Webropol) in 2010. 
      RESULTS: Nearly one third of the dentists reported some PSI in the previous 12 
      months. Of the 872 reported events, 53% were classified as AEs, 45% as NMs and 2% 
      remained unclassified. Nearly half of the PSIs had occurred during some form of 
      dental treatment. One third of the AEs were related to dental equipment, devices 
      and supplies. Most of the reported AEs resulted in little or no permanent harm to 
      patients. However, 13% of AEs were considered as serious enough to potentially 
      cause severe harm or did in fact cause permanent harm. CONCLUSIONS: Reported 
      dental PSIs in Finland are in many respects similar to those reported in other 
      countries. Compared to all annual dental visits in Finland, severe dental AEs 
      seem to be relatively rare. Less severe AEs and NMs are not uncommon, especially 
      in dental surgery, endodontic and restorative treatment. The results of this 
      retrospective study, however, reveal more about incident types than their true 
      prevalence and that further studies on dental PS are needed.
FAU - Hiivala, Nora
AU  - Hiivala N
AD  - Department of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki 
      , Helsinki , Finland.
FAU - Mussalo-Rauhamaa, Helena
AU  - Mussalo-Rauhamaa H
FAU - Murtomaa, Heikki
AU  - Murtomaa H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130128
PL  - Sweden
TA  - Acta Odontol Scand
JT  - Acta odontologica Scandinavica
JID - 0370344
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Data Collection
MH  - *Dentists
MH  - Female
MH  - Finland
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internet
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Patient Safety
EDAT- 2013/01/29 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/17 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/00016357.2013.764005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Odontol Scand. 2013 Nov;71(6):1370-7. doi: 10.3109/00016357.2013.764005. 
      Epub 2013 Jan 28.