Development of outpatient 'LocSSIPs' for the Oral & Maxillofacial Department - The Gloucestershire Experience
by Thomas Lees
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Purpose
To improve patient safety and overall experience by adapting current National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs) to develop a Local Safety Standard for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs) for use in the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery outpatient department of a district general hospital.
Method
Two proformas were developed to be used peri-surgically for all outpatient oral and maxillofacial procedures in the Trust; the first as a pre-operative / post-operative session checklist and the second as a checklist for each individual patient during their treatment. Colleague feedback was gained on how they felt this process had affected patient safety. Patient feedback was also taken.
Results
Verbal patient feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Colleague feedback was also good and uptake of the checklists was excellent 6 months after introduction. Incident reporting was also more common especially for missing notes and faulty equipment, which in the past had been poorly reported. No 'Never Events' occurred during data collection.
Conclusion
Patient and colleague feedback was good following the introduction of the LocSSIPs checklists. We encourage other surgical colleagues to introduce these to their outpatient surgical practice / environment. We believe this has improved the safety and overall experience of our patients.