scholarly journals Egyptian Neonatal Safety Training Network: a dream to improve patient safety culture in Egyptian neonatal intensive care units

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1303-1311
Author(s):  
Safaa El Meneza
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

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Tlili ◽  
W Aouicha ◽  
H Lamine ◽  
E Taghouti ◽  
M B e n Dhiab ◽  
...  

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.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Rabab E.H. El-Sayed

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.


2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 124-125
Author(s):  
Maria Weiß

Hatch LD. et al. Intervention To Improve Patient Safety During Intubation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics 2016; 138: e20160069 Kinder auf der Neugeborenen-Intensivstation sind besonders durch Komplikationen während des Krankenhausaufenthaltes gefährdet. Dies gilt auch für die Intubation, die relativ häufig mit unerwünschten Ereignissen einhergeht. US-amerikanische Neonatologen haben jetzt untersucht, durch welche Maßnahmen sich die Komplikationsrate bei Intubationen in ihrem Perinatal- Zentrum senken lässt.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Dombrádi ◽  
Klára Bíró ◽  
Guenther Jonitz ◽  
Muir Gray ◽  
Anant Jani

PurposeDecision-makers are looking for innovative approaches to improve patient experience and outcomes with the finite resources available in healthcare. The concept of value-based healthcare has been proposed as one such approach. Since unsafe care hinders patient experience and contributes to waste, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how the value-based approach can help broaden the existing concept of patient safety culture and thus, improve patient safety and healthcare value.Design/methodology/approachIn the arguments, the authors use the triple value model which consists of personal, technical and allocative value. These three aspects together promote healthcare in which the experience of care is improved through the involvement of patients, while also considering the optimal utilisation and allocation of finite healthcare resources.FindingsWhile the idea that patient involvement should be integrated into patient safety culture has already been suggested, there is a lack of emphasis that economic considerations can play an important role as well. Patient safety should be perceived as an investment, thus, relevant questions need to be addressed such as how much resources should be invested into patient safety, how the finite resources should be allocated to maximise health benefits at a population level and how resources should be utilised to get the best cost-benefit ratio.Originality/valueThus far, both the importance of patient safety culture and value-based healthcare have been advocated; this paper emphasizes the need to consider these two approaches together.


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

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Acosta Alves ◽  
Viviane Marten Milbrath ◽  
Nara Jací da Silva Nunes ◽  
Ruth Irmgard Bartschi Gabatz

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.


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