scholarly journals Patient safety culture at neonatal intensive care units: perspectives of the nursing and medical team

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréia Tomazoni ◽  
Patrícia Kuerten Rocha ◽  
Sabrina de Souza ◽  
Jane Cristina Anders ◽  
Hamilton Filipe Correia de Malfussi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Professional Characteristics

OBJECTIVE: to verify the assessment of the patient safety culture according to the function and length of experience of the nursing and medical teams at Neonatal Intensive Care Units.METHOD: quantitative survey undertaken at four Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florianópolis, Brazil. The sample totaled 141 subjects. The data were collected between February and April 2013 through the application of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. For analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-Square tests and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient were used. Approval for the research project was obtained from the Ethics Committee, CAAE: 05274612.7.0000.0121.RESULTS: differences in the number of positive answers to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, the safety grade and the number of reported events were found according to the professional characteristics. A significant association was found between a shorter Length of work at the hospital and Length of work at the unit and a larger number of positive answers; longer length of experience in the profession represented higher grades and less reported events. The physicians and nursing technicians assessed the patient safety culture more positively. Cronbach's alpha demonstrated the reliability of the instrument.CONCLUSION: the differences found reveal a possible relation between the assessment of the safety culture and the subjects' professional characteristics at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

scholarly journals Nurses’ perception about patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units: A comparative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Rabab E.H. El-Sayed
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Attitude Questionnaire ◽  
Neonatal Nurses ◽  
Safety Attitude Questionnaire ◽  
Safety Attitude

Objectives: This study aimed to (1) verify whether the translated short form of the Safety Attitude Questionnaire gives consistent results when used to evaluate safety culture in the neonatal intensive care units; and (2) describe nurses’ perception about patient safety culture, comparing between both governmental and private neonatal intensive care units’ nurses.Methods: Research design: An exploratory, descriptive, comparative. Subjects: A purposive sample of 190 neonatal nurses. Setting: Six, level IV neonatal intensive care units (three private and three governmental) of hospitals affiliated to Mansoura City, and Mansoura University and Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt. Data collection tools were consisted of the demographic characteristics questionnaire sheet and the self-administered 4-type Likert scale Safety Attitude Questionnaire sheet with its six dimensions after it was translated into Arabic language.Results: The respondents' nurses differed in their rating on the Safety Attitude Questionnaire items; as well the percentages of positive and negative responses were showed significant differences among the Safety Attitude Questionnaire dimensions, within and between nurses of the governmental and private neonatal intensive care units. In addition, Cronbach’s total coefficient alpha of the six dimensions is considered strong, with Alpha coefficients were 0.86.Conclusions: The study findings affirmed the psychometric properties of the Arabic form of Safety Attitude Questionnaire and it turned out to be a successful tool to assess safety culture perceptions among neonatal intensive care units' nurses. Moreover, linked with their workplaces, significant variations in the neonatal nurses' responses toward safety culture related dimensions were detected.

scholarly journals Assessment of patient safety culture in intensive care units and factors affecting it

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Tlili ◽  
W Aouicha ◽  
H Lamine ◽  
E Taghouti ◽  
M B e n Dhiab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning From Errors

Abstract Background The intensive care units are a high-risk environments for the occurrence of adverse events with serious consequences. The development of patient safety culture is a strategic focus to prevent these adverse events and improve patient safety and healthcare quality. This study aimed to assess patient safety culture in Tunisian intensive care units and to determine its associated factors. Methods It is a multicenter, descriptive cross-sectional study, among healthcare professionals of the intensive care units in the Tunisian center. The data collection was spread over a period of 2 months (October-November 2017). The measuring instrument used is the validated French version of the Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture questionnaire. Data entry and analysis was carried out by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 20.0) and Epi Info 6.04. Chi-square test was used to explore factors associated with patient safety culture. Results A total of 404 professionals participated in the study with a participation rate of 81.94%, spread over 10 hospitals and 18 units. All dimensions were to be improved. The overall perception of safety was 32.35%. The most developed dimension was teamwork within units with a score of 47.87% and the least developed dimension was the non-punitive response to error (18.6%). The patient safety culture was significantly more developed in private hospitals in seven of the 10 dimensions. Participants working in small units had a significantly higher patient safety culture. It has been shown that when workload is reduced the patient safety culture was significantly increased. Conclusions This study has shown that the patient safety culture still needs to be improved and allowed a clearer view of the safety aspects requiring special attention. Thus, improving patient safety culture. by implementing the quality management and error reporting systems could contribute to enhance the quality of healthcare provided to patients. Key messages The culture of culpability is the main weakness in the study. Encouraging event reporting and learning from errors s should be priorities in hospitals to enhance patient safety and healthcare quality.

Safety Culture in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Need for Policy Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Ibrahim Abu-El-Noor ◽  
Motasem Abduallah Hamdan ◽  
Mysoon Khalil Abu-El-Noor ◽  
Abdal-Karim Said Radwan ◽  
Ahmed Ali Alshaer
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
The Gaza Strip

scholarly journals Segurança do paciente em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal: revisão integrativa/Patient safety in a neonatal intensive care units: integrative review

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Acosta Alves ◽  
Viviane Marten Milbrath ◽  
Nara Jací da Silva Nunes ◽  
Ruth Irmgard Bartschi Gabatz
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Terapia Intensiva

Objetivo: identificar a produção científica, publicada de janeiro de 2008 a julho de 2019, sobre a segurança do paciente em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal. Método: revisão integrativa, na qual se selecionou 24 artigos que atendiam ao objetivo e aos critérios de inclusão e exclusão com o auxílio do software End Note®. Nesses artigos, analisaram-se os dados referentes à autoria, objetivos, ano de publicação, método, resultados e nível de evidência. Resultados: elaboraram-se cinco categorias para apresentar os resultados: O profissional e a segurança do paciente; Comunicação e segurança do paciente; Gestão de qualidade e segurança do paciente; Cultura de segurança; e A família e a segurança do paciente. Conclusão: o processo de construção e incentivo à segurança do paciente se dá de forma similar nos cenários nacional e internacional. Os estudos apontam esforços emergentes para a construção da cultura de segurança, arquitetados sob estratégias de gestão de qualidade e segurança, melhoria das condições de trabalho e fatores profissionais, bem como a inserção da família como fator qualificador da assistência. Palavras-chave: Segurança do paciente. Neonato. Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal. Enfermagem.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Patient Safety Culture in the Western Amazon

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glauco M. da Silva ◽  
Marcos V. M. de Lima ◽  
Marcos C. Araripe ◽  
Suleima Pedroza Vasconcelos ◽  
Simone Perufo Opitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha

Introduction: The safety culture of the patient is a contributing factor for the maintenance of the user’s well-being in the health system because, through it, an organized systematization and quality of patient care are obtained, preventing possible intercurrences that can cause damages. Objective: To analyze the Patient Safety Culture (PSC) from the perspective of health professionals at the Reference Hospital of the Upper Juruá River, in the Brazilian Western Amazon. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study developed in a medium-sized public hospital in a municipality in Western Amazonia. The Survey for Patient Safety Culture survey of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was applied to 280 professionals from December 2016 to February 2017. Descriptive analysis of the data and the internal consistency of the instrument were performed. Results: The results indicate the best evaluations in the dimensions of Teamwork in the scopes of the units (60%) and Organizational learning (60%). The aspects with the worst results were the dimensions of non-punitive responses to errors (18%) and frequency of events reported (32%). The internal reliability (Cronbach’s Alpha) analysis of the dimensions ranged from 0.35 to 0.90. Conclusion: The "culture of fear" seems to predominate in this hospital, however, the study showed that there is scope for improvement in all dimensions of CSP. The values of Cronbach’s Alpha presented similarity to the results obtained by the validation process.

scholarly journals Estratégias para o fortalecimento da cultura de segurança em unidades de terapia intensiva [Strategies for strengthening safety culture in intensive care units] [Estrategias para el fortalecimiento de la cultura de seguridad en unidades de cuidados intensivos]

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. e38670
Author(s):  
Catharine Silva de Souza ◽  
Jamila Geri Tomaschewski-Barlem ◽  
Graziele De Lima Dalmolin ◽  
Thiago Lopes Silva ◽  
Bruna Ruoso da Silva Neutzling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Terapia Intensiva

Objetivo: identificar estratégias de promoção que contribuam para o fortalecimento da cultura de segurança do paciente em unidades de terapia intensiva. Método: estudo qualitativo, descritivo, realizado com cinco médicos, cinco enfermeiros e 24 técnicos de enfermagem atuantes em unidades de terapia intensiva de duas instituições hospitalares do sul do Brasil em 2016. A coleta dos dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e o tratamento, pela análise textual discursiva. A pesquisa foi aprovada por Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa. Resultados: emergiram três categorias: implementação de protocolos de segurança do paciente; envolvimento institucional e multiprofissional; e segurança do paciente na educação permanente. Conclusão: os profissionais de saúde consideram a implementação de protocolos na assistência à saúde, a inclusão da temática da segurança na educação permanente e o envolvimento da instituição, bem como da equipe multiprofissional, como as principais estratégias para promover e fortalecer a cultura de segurança do paciente.ABSTRACTObjective: identify promotion strategies that contribute to strengthening patient safety culture in intensive care units. Method: in this qualitative, descriptive study, data were collected in 2016 by semi-structured interviews of five physicians, five nurses and 24 nursing technicians working in intensive care units at two hospitals in southern Brazil, and analyzed using discursive textual analysis. The study was approved by the research ethics committee. Results: three categories emerged: implementation of patient safety protocols; institutional and multi-professional involvement and patient safety in continuing professional development. Conclusion: health personnel considered the implementation of health care protocols, the inclusion of safety as a topic in continued professional development and the involvement of both the institution and the multi-professional team to be the main strategies for promoting and strengthening patient safety culture.RESUMENObjetivo: identificar estrategias de promoción que contribuyan al fortalecimiento de la cultura de seguridad del paciente en unidades de cuidados intensivos. Método: estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, realizado junto a cinco médicos, cinco enfermeros y 24 técnicos de enfermería que trabajan en unidades de cuidados intensivos de dos instituciones hospitalarias del sur de Brasil, en 2016. La recolección de los datos se realizó por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas y el tratamiento de los datos por el análisis textual discursivo. La investigación fue aprobada por Comité de Ética en Investigación. Resultados: surgieron tres categorías: implementación de protocolos de seguridad del paciente; participación institucional y multiprofesional y seguridad del paciente en la educación permanente. Conclusión: los profesionales de la salud consideran la implementación de protocolos en la asistencia a la salud, la inclusión de la temática de la seguridad en la educación permanente y la participación de la institución, así como del equipo multiprofesional, como las principales estrategias para promover y fortalecer la cultura de seguridad del paciente.

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