scholarly journals Patient Safety Culture in a Tunisian Teaching Tertiary Care Hospital

2017 ◽  
pp. 077-083
Author(s):  
MB Rejeb
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Care Hospital

scholarly journals Perception of patient safety culture among health-care providers in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adhisakthi Rajalatchumi ◽  
ThanjavurS Ravikumar ◽  
Kaliaperumal Muruganandham ◽  
Mahalakshmy Thulasingam ◽  
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
South India ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Care Providers

scholarly journals Assess the level of implementation of Patient Safety Culture in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
P.H. Wijenayake ◽  
M.S.N Manathunga ◽  
Y. J. Samarasinghe ◽  
I.W.M J Wickramarathne ◽  
A.J Abeynayake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Care Hospital

Patient Safety Culture and the Ability to Improve: A Proof of Concept Study on Hand Hygiene

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1277-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine G. Caris ◽  
Pim G. A. Kamphuis ◽  
Mireille Dekker ◽  
Martine C. de Bruijne ◽  
Michiel A. van Agtmael ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Independent Observer ◽  
Hospital Unit ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Low Levels

OBJECTIVETo investigate whether the safety culture of a hospital unit is associated with the ability to improve.DESIGNQualitative investigation of safety culture on hospital units following a before-and-after trial on hand hygiene.SETTINGVU University Medical Center, a tertiary-care hospital in the Netherlands.METHODSWith support from hospital management, we implemented a hospital-wide program to improve compliance. Over 2 years, compliance was measured through direct observation, twice before, and 4 times after interventions. We analyzed changes in compliance from baseline, and selected units to evaluate safety culture using a positive deviance approach: the hospital unit with the highest hand hygiene compliance and 2 units that showed significant improvement (21% and 16%, respectively) were selected as high performing. Another 2 units showed no improvement and were selected as low performing. A blinded, independent observer conducted interviews with unit management, physicians, and nurses, based on the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Safety culture was categorized as pathological (lowest level), reactive, bureaucratic, proactive, or generative (highest level).RESULTSOverall, 3 units showed a proactive or generative safety culture and 2 units had bureaucratic or pathological safety cultures. When comparing compliance and interview results, high-performing units showed high levels of safety culture, while low-performing units showed low levels of safety culture.CONCLUSIONSSafety culture is associated with the ability to improve hand hygiene. Interventions may not be effective when applied in units with low levels of safety culture. Although additional research is needed to corroborate our findings, the safety culture on a unit can benefit from enhancement strategies such as team-building exercises. Strengthening the safety culture before implementing interventions could aid improvement and prevent nonproductive interventions.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1277–1283

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