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OBJECTIVE: To identify potential shortcoming(s) in relevance to patient safety culture at dental clinics. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2016 at two clinics of a dental teaching college in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and comprised subjects who had either direct or indirect contact with patients in the dental clinics. The subjects were handed over a questionnaire based on the Patient Safety Culture Hospital Questionnaire. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Of the 149 subjects, 96(64.4%) were male, and 130(87%) were in direct contact with patients, while 19(13%) were in indirect contact. Overall, 52(35%) subjects stated that their unit did not have enough staff to handle the workload, and 71(47.7%) said that not encountering serious errors in their unit was pure luck. An encouraging finding was that 104(69.8%) subjects said their managers appreciated them when they followed the established patient safety protocol. Conclusion: There was a variation in the perception of patient safety culture among professionals.
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Clínicas Odontológicas , Educación en Odontología , Seguridad del Paciente/normas , Calidad de la Atención de Salud , Administración de la Seguridad , Universidades , Adulto , Actitud del Personal de Salud , Estudios Transversales , Clínicas Odontológicas/métodos , Clínicas Odontológicas/normas , Educación en Odontología/métodos , Educación en Odontología/normas , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Cultura Organizacional , Pakistán , Mejoramiento de la Calidad , Administración de la Seguridad/métodos , Administración de la Seguridad/organización & administración , Percepción Social , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
A 28-year-old woman was referred to our institution with sudden onset chest pain at rest. Electrocardiography revealed an inferoposterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infraction. The patient proceeded to cardiac catheterization, which revealed a large ectatic left circumflex coronary artery with an apparent fistula connecting it to the coronary sinus. Follow-up angiography revealed that the fistula was no longer patent, spontaneously thrombosed, and resolved without requiring surgery.