Patient safety culture in university hospital's emergency departments: A case study
Autor: | Mehdi Raadabadi, Majid Heidarijamebozorgi, Mahmood Nekoei-Moghadam |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Safety Management Iran Shahid Hospitals University 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Medicine Data collection business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Workload medicine.disease Work experience Test (assessment) Health Care Surveys Organizational Case Studies Organizational learning Female Patient Safety Medical emergency Emergency Service Hospital 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 35:852-858 |
ISSN: | 1099-1751 0749-6753 |
DOI: | 10.1002/hpm.2948 |
Popis: | Background Improving patient safety culture in healthcare organization is the first step in reducing medical errors and improving patient safety. The aim of the study was to determine and to compare patient safety culture dimensions in emergency departments of selected educational hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2018 in the emergency departments Shahid Bahonar, Afzalipour, Shahid Beheshti, and Shafa hospitals. Data collection was carried using the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture questionnaire which includes 42 questions and 12 dimensions. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results The highest and lowest mean related to the organizational learning (3.96 ± 0.34) and handoffs and transitions (2.27 ± 0.55). According to independent t test, there was a significant relationship between nurse's gender and patient safety culture. Also, according to analysis of variance test, there was a significant relationship between work experience and patient safety culture. Conclusions The situation of patient safety culture was average at a moderate level. Development of reporting system and encouraging staff to report errors and adjusting nursing number and workload is suggested. |
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