competent (or adequately knowledgeable in dental anatomy) to perform this double check safety verification. Furthermore, when dental/oral surgeons operate under general anaesthesia, dental nurses are NOT allowed to assist in an operating theatre environment and the assistant nurses are always general nurses.Current rules do not allow dental nurses to attend the operating theatres, as their training syllabus does not fulfill the requirements for operating room attendance. 3 I believe this needs to be debated by educators and regulators if we are to eliminate the possibility of future never events.
B. A. Beyqi, by email1. Saksena A, Pemberton M N, Shaw A, Dickson S, Ashley M P. Preventing wrong tooth extraction: experience in development and implementation of an outpatient safety checklist. Br Dent J 2014; 217: 357-362. 2. Gawande A. The checklist manifesto: how to get things right.
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