Joseph Michael Okwadi Tukei

Risk Management and Patients' Vulnerability to Clinical Risks in Uganda: a Case of Kibuli Police Dental Clinic Joseph Michael Okwadi Tukei

Health Professionals world over are expected to operate in a sterile environment in order to minimize clinical risks but this practice is not observed by many health workers in Uganda. Kibuli Police Dental Clinic is not exceptional. This study investigated the relationship between risk management and patients? vulnerability to clinical risks in Uganda, a case study of Kibuli Police Dental Clinic, in the Kampala district. Risk management was the independent variable while patients? vulnerability to clinical risks was the dependent variable in the study. The study objectives were to: .examine the relationship between risk identification and patients? vulnerability to clinical risks, establish the relationship between risk analysis and patients? vulnerability to clinical risks, identify the relationship between risk response planning and patients? vulnerability to clinical risk and to explore how risk monitoring and control affect patients? vulnerability to clinical risks in Kibuli Police Dental Clinic. The study employed across sectional survey design using both qualitative and quantitative approaches.