scholarly journals Patient Safety Culture in a Teaching Hospital in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: Assessment and Opportunities for Improvement

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 3783-3795
Author(s):  
Afnan Aljaffary ◽  
Fatemah Al Yaqoub ◽  
Reem Al Madani ◽  
Hessa Aldossary ◽  
Arwa Alumran
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Eastern Province

Analyzing Patient Safety Culture From Viewpoints of Physicians and Nurses—A Case of a Regional Teaching Hospital in Taiwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 294-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yii-Ching Lee ◽  
Jiunn-I Shieh ◽  
Chih-Hsuan Huang ◽  
Chieh Yu Wang ◽  
Hsin-Hung Wu
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture

scholarly journals A survey of hospital healthcare professionals’ perceptions toward patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 100149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhan Alshammari ◽  
Eddieson Pasay-an ◽  
Mohammad Alboliteeh ◽  
Mohammed Hamdan Alshammari ◽  
Tantut Susanto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Patient Safety Culture

Assessing the Medical Staff’s Overall Satisfaction of Patient Safety Culture from a Regional Teaching Hospital in Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 20180116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Yun Cheng ◽  
Yii-Ching Lee ◽  
Chih-Hsuan Huang ◽  
Hsin-Hung Wu
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture

scholarly journals Factors contributing to the patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e037875
Author(s):  
Abdulmajeed Albalawi ◽  
Lisa Kidd ◽  
Eileen Cowey
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Patient Perspectives ◽  
Positive Patient ◽  
Learning From Errors

BackgroundPatient safety, concerned with the prevention of harm to patients, has become a fundamental component of the global healthcare system. The evidence regarding the status of the patient safety culture in Arab countries in general shows that it is at a suboptimal level due to a punitive approach to errors and deficits in the openness of communications.ObjectivesTo identify factors contributing to the patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia.DesignSystematic review.MethodsA systematic search was carried out in May 2018 in five electronic databases and updated in July 2020—MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Relevant journals and reference lists of included studies were also hand-searched. Two independent reviewers verified that the studies met the inclusion criteria, assessed the quality of studies and extracted their relevant characteristics. The Yorkshire Contributory Factors Framework (YCFF) was used to categorise factors affecting safety culture in the included papers.Results14 papers were included and the majority of studies were appraised as being of good quality. Strength and weakness factors that contribute to patient safety culture were identified. Ineffective leadership, a blame culture, workload/inadequate staffing and poor communication are reported as the main factors hindering a positive patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia. Conversely, ‘strength’ factors contributing to a positive patient safety culture included supportive organisational attitudes to learning/continuous improvement, good teamwork within units and support from hospital management for patient safety. There is an absence of patient perspectives regarding patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia.ConclusionPolicymakers in the Saudi healthcare system should pay attention to the factors that may contribute to a positive patient safety culture, especially establishing a blame-free culture, improving communications and leadership capacity, learning from errors and involving patient perspectives in safety initiatives. Further research is required to understand in depth the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a positive patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia.

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