Therapeutics and clinical risk management
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Ther Clin Risk Manag · Oct 2008
Analysis of clinical records of dental patients attending Jordan University Hospital: Documentation of drug prescriptions and local anesthetic injections.
THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ANALYZE CLINICAL RECORDS OF DENTAL PATIENTS ATTENDING THE DENTAL DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN HOSPITAL: a teaching hospital in Jordan. Analysis aimed at determining whether dental specialists properly documented the drug prescriptions and local anesthetic injections given to their patients. ⋯ The essential data of drug prescriptions and local anesthetic injections were poorly documented by the investigated group of dental specialists. It is recommended that the administration of the hospital and the dental department implement clear and firm guidelines for dental practitioners in particular to do the required documentation procedure.