title: The clinical safety of disabled patients: proposal for a methodology for analysis of health care risks and specific measures for improvement.
abstract: The clinical risks associated with health care have been a known factor since ancient times, and their prevention has constituted one of the foundations of health care. However, concern for the risks involved in health care treatments has risen very significantly in recent years, becoming a modern current of concern for clinical health care risks which is referred to by the name of "patient safety" in the scientific literature.  Unfortunately, there are no studies on patient safety in dental practice or case studies of adverse events in this practice. In addition to the lack of studies on adverse events in regular dental practice, there are even fewer references to treatment for disabled patients. In this article, we provide a "proposal for analysis" of the clinical risks associated with treating disabled patients, which will make it possible to evaluate the health care risks associated with the treatment of patients who have a specific disability, at one determined moment and in one specific environment.
authors: Spanish Observatory for Dental Patient Safety (OESPO), Spain.
authors: Bernardo
authors: B
authors: Perea-Pérez
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Labajo-González
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Bratos-Murillo
authors: Andrés
authors: A
authors: Santiago-Sáez
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Albarrán-Juan
authors: Alfonso
authors: A
authors: Villa-Vigil
mesh_terms: D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D017751:Safety Management
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