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Gaceta Sanitaria
Print version ISSN 0213-9111
Abstract
MELLA LABORDE, Mario et al. Analysis of the patient safety culture in a university hospital. Gac Sanit [online]. 2020, vol.34, n.5, pp.500-513. Epub Feb 15, 2021. ISSN 0213-9111. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.10.004.
Objective
1) To determine the perception of safety of health professionals and non-health professionals in a university hospital; 2) describe the climate of safety with its strengths and weaknesses; 3) evaluate the negatively valued dimensions and establish areas of improvement.
Method
A cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out at the San Juan University Hospital in Alicante, where the results of the assessment of the safety culture level are collected using Hospital Survey On Patient Safety survey of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality adapted to Spanish language.
Results
The response rate was 35.36%. The group with the greatest participation was the physician (32.3%) and the service most involved, urgencies (9%). 86.4% had contact with the patient. 50% of workers rated the safety climate between 6 and 8 points. 82.8% did not report any adverse events in the last year. The professionals with the greatest security culture were the pharmacists and with the worst culture, the guards. No strength was identified globally. There were two dimensions that behaved like a weakness: 9 (staffing) and 10 (management support for patient safety).
Conclusions
The patient's perception of safety is good, although it can be improved. No strengths have been identified. The weaknesses identified are staffing, management support for patient safety, handoffs and transitions, and safety perception.
Keywords : Safety culture; Patient safety; Safety perception; Adverse events.