Objective:

To evaluate the patient safety culture from the perspective of professionals who work in Intensive Care Units.

Method:

This is a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study of a quantitative character. The sample consisted of 72 professionals, 31 nurses, 21 nursing technicians, 12 (physiotherapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists), 5 doctors, 2 psychologists, 1 nursing assistant who work in intensive care units in the southwest and northwest regions of Paraná and west of Santa Catarina. The data collection carried out between August and October 2020, via online electronic form, through the Google platform, using the questionnaire adapted to Research on Patient Safety in Hospitals. The data were tabulated in the Excel program and, subsequently, a descriptive analysis of the data was performed by using theStatistical Package for the Social Sciences software(SPSS 25.0).

Results:

Only 2 categories achieved more than 75% positive responses in relation to the unit's safety culture, namely: when there is a lot of work to be done, professionals work as a team to complete it and they are actively doing things to improve the patient's safety.

Conclusion:

From the perspective of professionals, patient safety is not effective yet, as in some aspects it needs to be improved as well as in other criteria, it is shown to be weakened.

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