Safety & Quality

SmileTrain’s #1 priority is to ensure the safety of the patient.

All of SmileTrain’s treatment partnerships are required to follow SmileTrain’s Quality Improvement Protocol, which lays out the basic elements needed to insure safe surgeries and to provide for the ongoing review and improvement of the quality of care.

Safety & Quality Protocol

Developed by world-renowned members of our Medical Advisory Board, the safety & quality protocol guide sets the minimum standards that are expected from our partners to ensure the safety of our patients and the quality of care they receive.

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Anesthesia Guidelines

These guidelines are designed to promote the safety of children undergoing general anesthesia for cleft lip and palate procedures.

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Ensuring Safe Post-Operative Care

This training resource aims to help ensure that patients receiving cleft treatment also have safe and high-quality of care after surgery. The materials cover post-operative nursing care and pediatric basic life support.

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Smile Train Post Operative Cleft Surgery and Care Training Manual

Safety Statistics

At Smile Train, patient safety is the guiding force behind every program and initiative.
Here are some ways that we make safety our top priority.

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13

Members of our world-renowned Medical Advisory Board
Stat 11

1,000+

Free medical articles
& publications we
make available
Stat 13

1,400+

Smile Train sponsored training opportunities
Stat 4

2,200

Life-saving Pulse Oximeters distributed to partner hospitals in partnership with Lifebox
Stat 12

38,000+

Free virtual-surgery simulators distributed to medical professionals
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875,000+

Surgeries provided worldwide under our safety protocol & quality review process