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A Brief Assessment of Patient Safety Culture in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Departments.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Feb2023, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p429, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Due to the nature of their activity, anesthesia and critical care have generally well-developed patient safety cultures, which are linked to a greater level of incident awareness and reporting during clinical activity. In order to determine the status quo and identify and adopt, where appropriate, techniques and instruments for further improving patient safety, it is necessary to evaluate the culture and barriers in these departments. The main objective of our study was to assess patient safety culture in Romanian anesthesia and intensive care departments (AICDs), to pinpoint the areas that may need improvement, and to examine the correlation between the prevalence of adverse event reporting, as well as the level of self-reported patient safety culture. To determine how anesthesia and intensive care department staff perceived patient safety, the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) was used in a translated Romanian version. In total, 1200 employees from 36 anesthesiology and intensive care departments across 32 hospitals in Romania received the questionnaire, representing 42.66% of all anesthesia and intensive care departments in the country. In 7 of the 12 examined dimensions, significant differences between tertiary and secondary hospitals were observed. Among all dimensions, the highest positive score was for "organizational learning and continuous development". In general, our study revealed a positive view on patient safety in anesthesia and intensive care departments. Further studies are required to determine a threshold of the level of culture development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INTENSIVE care units
INFERENTIAL statistics
ANESTHESIA
HEALTH facilities
ACADEMIC medical centers
SELF-evaluation
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
MULTIPLE regression analysis
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
DEPARTMENTS
URBAN hospitals
CRONBACH'S alpha
QUALITY assurance
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DISEASE prevalence
PUBLIC hospitals
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
ADVERSE health care events
DATA analysis software
PATIENT safety
CORPORATE culture
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161859878
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030429