Hospital safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn R.M. Gershon ◽  
Christine D. Karkashian ◽  
James W. Grosch ◽  
Lawrence R. Murphy ◽  
Antonio Escamilla-Cejudo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Workplace Exposure ◽  
Hospital Safety ◽  
Safe Work

scholarly journals Evaluation of Safety Climate and its associated factors in Base Hospital Avissawella

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-223
Author(s):  
Munasinghage Priyanwada Jayalath ◽  
Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne ◽  
Dilantha Dharmagunawardene
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Workplace Exposure ◽  
Reporting Behavior ◽  
Perceptual Dimension ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Base Hospital ◽  
Safe Work

The safety climate is “the summary of molar perceptions that employees share about their work environments” and associated with several factors. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among a randomly selected sample of medical officers (n= 109) and nursing officers (n=193) to evaluate the safety climate and its associated factors in Base Hospital Avissawella Sri Lanka. Among the six safety climate dimensions personal protective and engineering control equipment availability (mean=3.94, SD=0.67) was perceived at the highest level. The lowest scored perceptual dimension was absence of job hindrances (mean=3.27, SD=0.83).  Among the respondents 219 (83.5%) had at least one exposure incident. There is no significant relationship between job category and workplace exposure incidents (p= 0.388).  Only 28.3% (n=62) had reported about their injuries. Only 60.7% (n=159) were strictly compliant to safe work practices and the compliance of nursing officers was better than of medical officers (p=0.000). The safety climate had a negative association with workplace exposure incidents (OR< 1.0) and a positive association with compliance to safe work practices. (OR>1.0). The respondents had negative perceptions about some of the safety climate dimensions.  Workplace exposure incidents were common and the reporting behavior about injuries was poor among both categories of staff, but comparatively the nursing officers were better. Majority were “Strict compliant” to the safe work practices and compliance was better among nursing officers. Safety climate was negatively associated with exposure incidents and positively with the compliance. The hospital managers should pay more attention on safety of employees, provide adequate training opportunities on occupational safety and encourage employees’ reporting behavior.

EMS Providers’ Perceptions of Safety Climate and Adherence to Safe Work Practices

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura J. Eliseo ◽  
Kate A. Murray ◽  
Laura F. White ◽  
Sophia Dyer ◽  
Patricia A. Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Perceptions Of Safety

scholarly journals Health and safety challenges associated with immigrant dairy workers

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2s) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Rosecrance ◽  
T. Tellechea ◽  
L. Menger ◽  
D. Gilkey ◽  
N. Roman-Muniz
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Worker Health And Safety ◽  
Large Herd

Faced with increasing industrialization, high demands on production, and decreasing domestic participation in the labor force, dairy producers are employing an immigrant workforce to help meet operational demands. There is little data regarding the number of immigrant workers in the dairy industry, but the trend of hiring immigrant workers in some of the world’s highest producing countries is increasing. There are many challenges associated with managing immigrant workers includinghow to effectively train this workforce about safe and efficient work methods. Methods: Ethnographic methods from the anthropology field served as the primary tool to identify barriers and facilitators of safe work practices in large-herd dairy operations in the United States. Following the weeklong emersion by the research anthropologist at a selected dairy, focus groups were organized at three large-herd dairies. All focus group conversations were tape recorded, transcribed and translated into English. The focus group transcripts were coded for specific themes related to issues that participants felt were barriers or facilitators of worker health and safety. Results: Twenty-two Latino workers 18 to 58 years of age participated in the three focus groups conducted at one Colorado and two South Dakota dairies. Six major themes relating to barriers and facilitators of worker health and safety were identified and included: communication, integration owner and worker cultures, work organization, leadership, support for animal health, and attention to safety culture within the organization. Conclusions: Although not often considered by agricultural engineers, an anthropological perspective to challenges involving an immigrant workforce may assist with improved work methods and safe work practices. Through this approach, agricultural engineers may better understand the cultural challenges and complexities facing the dairy industry. Successful integration of immigrant workers relies not only on cultural awareness but also the ability to integrate cultural knowledge, beliefs, values, and traditions into management and work practices.

Hospital Safety Climate Measure

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Hahn ◽  
Lawrence R. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Hospital Safety

scholarly journals Chemical Safety in Academic Laboratories: An Exploratory Factor Analysis of Safe Work Practices & Facilities in a University

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsin Abbas ◽  
Adel M. Zakaria ◽  
Mansour A. Balkhyour ◽  
Muhammad Kashif
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Laboratory Safety ◽  
Fume Hood ◽  
Chemical Safety ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Class 1

<p class="1"><span lang="EN-US">Academic laboratories considered as more hazardous than industry due to relaxed approach of academic management for chemical safety. This study designed to analyze the safe work practices and facilities by Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using Varimax rotation. A designed checklist of 26 safety items administered personally in 68 academic laboratories in a Saudi university. From EFA, five factors were extracted: “Availability of laboratory safety documents (5 items, α = 0.92)”, “Maintenance of fume hood (2 items, α = 0.75)”, “Proper chemical storage (3 items, α = 0.64)”, “Proper use of fume hood for chemical handling (4 items, α = 0.62)” and “Laboratory safety labelling (2 items, α = 0.73)”. The results revealed the 5 factors model that grouped 16 safety items that may be crucial for chemical storage, fume hood, laboratory safety plans and labels in the academic laboratories. The extracted factors derived from EFA are expected to help in the development of chemical safety management in the academic laboratories. </span></p>

scholarly journals Perceptions of Hospital Safety Climate and Incidence of Readmission

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 596-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke O. Hansen ◽  
Mark V. Williams ◽  
Sara J. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Hospital Safety
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