Safe Sedation Practice Validation
Why have an external evaluation?
This validates your sedation practice demonstrating your commitment to quality assurance based on accepted standards. A self-check using a list, either alone or with an adviser not meeting the approved person specification is ineffective. SAAD’s sedation validation options provide a robust and properly structured confirmation of safe sedation provision giving reassurance to both providers and contractors.
Which certificate do I need?
- The Safe Sedation Certificate (SSC) is the most economical process for single techniques and is a web-based evaluation.
- SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme is a more detailed evaluation with a facility visit and evaluation of live cases.
SAAD Safe Sedation Certificate
The Safe Sedation Certificate (SSC) is the most economical process for single techniques and is a web-based evaluation.
SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme
SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme is a more detailed evaluation with a facility visit and evaluation of live cases.
Sedation Complications: Practical Team Training
The IACSD standards document that ‘there must be evidence of regular scenario-based team training in the management of potential complications associated with conscious sedation’.
To facilitate this, SAAD has put together some scenarios and prompts covering sedation related complications, that can be adapted for use by individual sedation teams.
Members of SAAD are free to use these resources. You need to ensure that you keep contemporaneous evidence of these practise sessions.
Sedation Logbook
Sedation Recording Keeping Templates
SAAD Member Benefit with Kiroku!
SAAD has partnered with Kiroku so SAAD members can save up to 30%.
This includes new SAAD Sedation Templates.
Meet the SAAD Safe Sedation Evaluators
All of the SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme Evaluators meet the following person specification:
| DOMAINS | ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS |
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Registration |
General Dental Council (GDC) / General Medical Council (GMC) |
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Qualifications |
1. BDS/MB BS or equivalent* PLUS 2. Diploma / MSc in the relevant Conscious Sedation Techniques awarded by recognised institution OR equivalent seniority and recognised expertise |
| Training and Experience |
Evidence of appropriate theoretical and practical training with annual refresher training Continuing clinical activity to include a demonstration of significant experience and teaching of standard or advanced conscious sedation techniques Additional experience including the acceptance of patients referred by other colleagues and/or participation in teaching courses and in research |
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Practice Visit |
Willingness to comply with documentation and checklist |
| Continuing Professional Development |
Compliance with GDC/GMC requirements Additional relevant CPD |
| Knowledge |
Knowledge of a wide range of conscious sedation techniques Knowledge of latest developments and research in the field of conscious sedation |
| Mobility |
Ability and willingness to travel to referral centre and to attend regular administrative meetings |
| Peer Review and Audit |
Evidence of having undergone regular peer review including participation in clinical audit relative to conscious sedation |
*BDS: Bachelor of Dental Surgery MB BS: Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery [basic qualifications for dentistry and medicine]
FAQs
If you have a question you may find the answer in our FAQs.
Please contact safesedation@saad.org.uk with any questions