scholarly journals Relationship between Patient Safety Culture and Adverse Events in Hospital: A case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Hojatolah Gharaee ◽  
Razie Jahanian ◽  
Majid Hosseini Karim ◽  
Edris Kakemam ◽  
Khadijeh Bande Elahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture

Evaluation of patient safety culture in a private general hospital: a case study in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassiana Gil Prates ◽  
Rita Catalina Aquino Caregnato ◽  
Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães ◽  
Daiane Dal Pai ◽  
Janete de Souza Urbanetto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Brazilian Version

PurposeThe purpose is to assess the patient safety culture perceived by healthcare and administrative staff in a Brazilian hospital and examine whether education and experience are related to positive perceptions.Design/methodology/approachA descriptive–analytical case study was carried out at Ernesto Dornelles Hospital, a private Brazilian institution. The Brazilian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was used to assess the perceptions of 618 participants, of whom 315 worked in healthcare assistance and 303 in administrative services. The main outcome was the percentage of positive responses, and the independent variables included the type of work, schooling and length of experience.FindingsNone of the twelve dimensions was strengthened. The percentage of positive responses was the highest for “Hospital management support for patient safety” (67.5%), and the lowest was for “Nonpunitive response to error” (29%). The healthcare staff had a slightly higher average than the administrative staff. The percentage of positive responses from professionals with undergraduate or graduate degrees was higher for the eight dimensions of safety culture. The length of hospital experience was not associated with any dimensions.Originality/valueThis study explored the influence of education and professional experience on the perception of patient safety in healthcare and administrative staff from a private institution. These approaches allow to know with greater depth and clarity factors that are related to the patient safety culture and, thus, have more consistent evidence to support interventions in specific needs.

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.

scholarly journals A Human Factors Intervention in a Hospital - Evaluating the Outcome of a TeamSTEPPS Program in a Surgical Ward

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oddveig Reiersdal Aaberg ◽  
Marie Louise Hall-Lord ◽  
Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø ◽  
Randi Ballangrud
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Team Training ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Surgical Ward ◽  
Professional Outcomes

Abstract Background: Patient safety in hospitals is being jeopardized, since too many patients experience adverse events. Most of these adverse events arise from human factors, such as inefficient teamwork and communication failures, and the incidence of adverse events is greatest in the surgical area. Previous research has shown the effect of team training on patient safety culture and on different areas of teamwork. Limited research has investigated teamwork in surgical wards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the professional and organizational outcomes of a team training intervention among healthcare professionals in a surgical ward after 6 and 12 months. Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety 2.0 was used as a conceptual framework for the study.Methods: This study had a pre-post design with measurements at baseline and after 6 months and 12 months of intervention. The intervention was conducted in a urology and gastrointestinal surgery ward in Norway, and the study site was selected based on convenience and the leaders’ willingness to participate in the project. Survey data from healthcare professionals were used to evaluate the intervention. The organizational outcomes were measured by the unit-based sections of the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire, and professional outcomes were measured by the TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire and the Collaboration and Satisfaction about Care Decisions in Teams Questionnaire. A paired t-test, a Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a generalized linear mixed model and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: After six months, improvements were found in organizational outcomes in two patient safety dimensions. After 12 months, improvements were found in both organizational and professional outcomes, and these improvements occurred in three patient safety culture dimensions and in three teamwork dimensions. Furthermore, the results showed that one of the significant improved teamwork dimensions “Mutual Support” was associated with the Patient Safety Grade, after 12 months of intervention.Conclusion: These results demonstrate that the team training program had effect after 12 months of intervention. Future studies with larger sample sizes and stronger study designs are necessary to examine the causal effect of a team training intervention in this context.Trial registration number: ISRCTN13997367 (retrospectively registered)

Patient Safety Culture in Emergency Departments of Yemeni Public Hospitals: A Survey Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Alsabri ◽  
Mervat Abdulaziz AlGhallabi ◽  
Farouk Abdulrahman Al-Qadasi ◽  
Asma Abdullah Yahya Zeeherah ◽  
Adekemi Ebo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
University Degree

Introduction: Quality and safety is an important challenge in healthcare systems all over the world particularly in developing parts. Objective: This survey aimed to assess patient safety culture (PSC) in emergency departments (EDs) in Yemen and identify its associated factors. Methods: A questionnaire containing the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) was distributed to ED physicians, nurses, and clinical, and non-clinical staff at three public teaching general hospitals. The percentages of positive responses on the 12 patient safety dimensions and the summation of PSC and two outcomes (overall patient safety grade and adverse events reported in the past year) were assessed. Factors associated with PSC aggregate score were analyzed. Results: finally, out of 400 questionnaires, 250 (64%) were analyzed. In total, 207 (82.3%) participants were nurses and physicians; 140 (56.0%) were male; 134 (53.6%) were less than 30 years old; and 134 (53.6%) had a university degree. Participants provided the highest ratings for the “teamwork within units” PSC composite (67%). The lowest rating was for “non-punitive response to error” (21.3%). A total of 120 (48.1%) participants did not report any events in the past year and 99 (39.7%) gave their hospital an “excellent/very good” overall patient safety grade. There were significant differences between the hospitals’ EDs in the rating of “handoffs and transitions” (p=0.016), “teamwork within units” (p=0.018), and “frequency of adverse events reported” (p=0.016). Staff working in intensive care units (8.4%, n=21) had lower patient safety aggregate scores. Conclusions: PSC ratings appear to be low in Yemen. This study emphasizes the need to create and maintain a PSC in EDs through the implementation of quality improvement strategies and environment of transparency, open communications, and continuous learning.

scholarly journals The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a study in palestinian hospitals

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahenaz Najjar ◽  
Nashat Nafouri ◽  
Kris Vanhaecht ◽  
Martin Euwema
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
The Relationship

Exploring Relationships Between Hospital Patient Safety Culture and Adverse Events

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell E. Mardon ◽  
Kabir Khanna ◽  
Joann Sorra ◽  
Naomi Dyer ◽  
Theresa Famolaro
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Hospital Patient

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERSE EVENTS PREVALENCE, PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE AND PATIENT SAFETY PERCEPTION IN A SINGLE SAMPLE OF PATIENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Susana Chirinos ◽  
Carola Orrego ◽  
Cesar Montoya ◽  
Rosa Sunol
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Single Sample ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Perception ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Fostering the understanding of the relationship between the prevalence of adverse events (AEP), the patient safety culture of healthcare professionals (PSC) and patient safety perception (PSP) could be an important step to operationalizing patient safety through an integration of different perspectives. Objective: To assess the relationship between AE Prevalence, Patient Safety Culture and Patient Safety Perception. Method: Cross-sectional, ex post facto comparative study on a single sample of patients. The prevalence and severity of adverse events were measured through a review of medical records (using the Modular Review Form (MRF2). Healthcare professional patient safety culture was determined using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) and patient perception of safety through the Hospital Care Safety Perceptions Questionnaire (HCSPQ). Correlation tests were used to compare the three dimensions. Population: 556 medical records and patients were studied for the prevalence and patient safety perception study, and 397 of the healthcare providers involved in the care of these patients were surveyed for the patient safety culture study, at 2 public and 2 private hospitals. Results: An inverse association was observed between AE prevalence and its severity and Patient Safety Culture Index (rho=-0.8) and Patient Safety Perception Index (rho=-0.6). No association was identified between Patient Safety Culture and Patient Safety Perception (rho=0.0001). No statistical differences were identified by hospital type. Conclusions: The joint analysis of AEP, PSC and PSP, in the same sample, offers an interesting and useful perspective on the associations between the variables studied; no correlation pattern was observed between the variables.

scholarly journals A Human Factors Intervention in a Hospital - Evaluating the Outcome of a TeamSTEPPS Program in a Surgical Ward

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oddveig Reiersdal Aaberg ◽  
Marie Louise Hall-Lord ◽  
Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø ◽  
Randi Ballangrud
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Team Training ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Surgical Ward ◽  
Professional Outcomes

Abstract Background: Patient safety in hospitals is being jeopardized, since too many patients experience adverse events. Most of these adverse events arise from human factors, such as inefficient teamwork and communication failures, and the incidence of adverse events is greatest in the surgical area. Previous research has shown the effect of team training on patient safety culture and on different areas of teamwork. Limited research has investigated teamwork in surgical wards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the professional and organizational outcomes of a team training intervention among healthcare professionals in a surgical ward after 6 and 12 months. Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety 2.0 was used as a conceptual framework for the study. Methods: This study had a pre-post design with measurements at baseline and after 6 months and 12 months of intervention. The intervention was conducted in a urology and gastrointestinal surgery ward in Norway, and the study site was selected based on convenience and the leaders’ willingness to participate in the project. Survey data from healthcare professionals were used to evaluate the intervention. The organizational outcomes were measured by the unit-based sections of the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire, and professional outcomes were measured by the TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire and the Collaboration and Satisfaction about Care Decisions in Teams Questionnaire. A paired t-test, a Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a generalized linear mixed model and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: After six months, improvements were found in organizational outcomes in two patient safety dimensions. After 12 months, improvements were found in both organizational and professional outcomes, and these improvements occurred in three patient safety culture dimensions and in three teamwork dimensions. Furthermore, the results showed that one of the significant improved teamwork dimensions “Mutual Support” was associated with the Patient Safety Grade, after 12 months of intervention.Conclusion: These results demonstrate that the team training program had effect after 12 months of intervention. Future studies with larger sample sizes and stronger study designs are necessary to examine the causal effect of a team training intervention in this context.

Patient safety culture in university hospital's emergency departments: A case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 852-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Nekoei‐Moghadam ◽  
Mehdi Raadabadi ◽  
Majid Heidarijamebozorgi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Patient Safety Culture

Factors contributing to patient safety culture: the staff perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ahmed Yahya Ayoub ◽  
Nezar Ahmed Salim ◽  
Belal Mohammad Hdaib ◽  
Nidal F Eshah
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Large Numbers

Background/Aims Unsafe medical practices lead to large numbers of injuries, disabilities and deaths each year worldwide. An understanding of safety culture in healthcare organisations is vital to improve practice and prevent adverse events from medical errors. This integrated literature review aimed to evaluate healthcare staff's perceptions of factors contributing to patient safety culture in their organisations. Methods A comprehensive in-depth review was conducted of studies associated with patient safety culture. Multiple electronic databases, such as PubMed, Wolters Kluwer Health, Karger, SAGE journal and Biomedical Central, were searched for relevant literature published between 2015 and 2020. The keywords ‘patient safety culture’, ‘patient safety’, ‘healthcare providers’, ‘adverse event’, ‘attitude’ and ‘perception’ were searched for. Results Overall, 18 articles met the inclusion criteria. Across all studies, staff highlighted several factors that need improvement to facilitate an effective patient safety culture, with most dimensions of patient safety culture lacking. In particular, staffing levels, open communication, feedback following an error and reporting of adverse events were perceived as lacking across the studies. Conclusion Many issues regarding patient safety culture were present across geographical locations and staff roles. It is crucial that healthcare managers and policymakers work towards an environment that focuses on organisational learning, rather than punishment, in regards to medical errors and adverse incidents. Teamwork between units, particularly during handovers, also requires improvement.

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