The Evaluation of Patient Safety in Oral and Dental Health Centers

Aygul Yanik^1, and Hulya Cetin²

¹Department of Healthcare Management, Kirklareli University, Kirklareli, Turkey

²Departmant of Nursing, Kirklareli Mouth and Dental Health Center, Turkey

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Aygul Yanik and Hulya Cetin. The Evaluation of Patient Safety in Oral and Dental Health Centers. American Journal of Public Health Research. 2014; 2(5):198-204. doi: 10.12691/AJPHR-2-5-3

Abstract

In our study, we aimed to determine the levels of patient safety and reporting adverse events in the healthcare employees of oral and dental health centers and to evaluate the effects socio-demographic characteristics on patient safety. The study performed in November and December, 2012 and included the medical staff of oral and dental health centers in the Thracian Region of Turkey. Data was collected using the survey. Using the random sampling method, the sample has been chosen from the population of 200 healthcare personnel and 150 completely answered surveys have been evaluated. The SPSS for Windows 15.0 software was used for analyzing data. Hospital safety, team work, security gap, system quality and the management assistance of healthcare employees was high but their adverse events assessment was determined to be on a moderate level. It was identified that sociodemographic characteristics of healthcare employees have an influence on patient safety.

Keywords

patient safety, employee, dental center, advers event

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