Objective:

Evaluate the security climate in an ophthalmic surgical hospital through the perception of its professionals.

Method

Exploratory, descriptive and transversal study of quantitative nature. Developed from October to January 2016 through the application of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) to 61 different categories of health professionals being only considered for 27 of the questionnaires applied analysis

Results:

The average score obtained through the six domains of SAQ-climate of teamwork, safety Climate, job satisfaction, stress Recognition, perception of management and working conditions-showed concordance index below 75 points from the range of Likert, indicating a negative perception of safety climate.

Conclusions:

The study pointed out weaknesses in six areas, suggesting the development of actions focusing on improving security climate as a priority measure in ensuring the safety of the surgical patient.

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