A study of patient safety culture in Jahrom Motahhari Hospital

Introduction: Patient safety is one of the main components of the quality of health services, and means avoiding any harm to the patient while providing health care. Despite advances in healthcare, patient safety and patient-centered safety in healthcare systems around the world is still a matter of concern. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the status of safety culture in hospital staff affiliated with Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, using the staff of hospitals affiliated to Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, it was performed by census method (n =). The instrument used to assess patient safety culture was the Standard Patient Safety Culture Survey Questionnaire (HSOPSC), which consisted of ۴۲ questions and ۱۲ dimensions. Analysis of patient safety information was performed according to descriptive statistics and independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance. Results: In the present study, ۱۲۴ people from different wards of Jahrom Motahhari Hospital participated in the study. There were ۲۰ people from screen ward, ۱۱ person from children ward, ۱۵ people from maternity ward, ۳۱ people from internal wards, ۱۰ people from laboratories, ۱۴ people from NICU wards and ۲۳ people from operating rooms. The average score of the overall safety culture was ۱۳۲.۱۲. In terms of patient safety culture in Motahhari Hospital staff, ۶۸.۹۳% were at the desired level and ۳۱.۰۷% were not at the desirable level. Among the clinical wards, the operating room and the internal ward, with an average of ۱۴۲.۶۱ and ۱۳۷.۱, respectively, had the highest average score of the patientchr('۳۹')s immune culture status. The findings indicated that the patientchr('۳۹')s safety culture in Motahhari hospital is at the desired level and also the patientchr('۳۹')s safety culture decreases with age. Patientschr('۳۹') safety culture was also higher in women than in men and in married staffs than in single staffs. The highest patient safety culture was observed in undergraduate and graduate staff. Conclusion: In general, improving the patientchr('۳۹')s safety culture should be an important priority for medical center managers in order to reduce patient errors and events. It is hoped that by improving this culture between staff and self-reporting without any fear of punishment, the rate of error in patients will be significantly reduced.

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Safety Culture ، Staff ، pateint