| خلاصه مقاله | Introduction:
One of the principles of health care is to maintain patient safety. Assessing the existing safety culture in the hospital among employees is the first step in developing it. The present study has evaluated the dimensions of patient safety culture to identify the priority dimensions need intervention in Taleghani Hospital, Tabriz.
Methods:
The current descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Taleghani Hospital in Tabriz in 1401. The research community included all nurses, midwives, and employees working in the radiology and laboratory departments. The inclusion criteria were to have at least six months of work experience and consent to participate in the study. Data collection was done using a standardized questionnaire, 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Survey'. According to the questionnaire guide, in examining the dimensions of obtaining an average score of at least 70, high safety culture, 50-70 medium safety culture, and below 50 weak safety culture were considered.
Results:
The results showed that the safety culture among the employees with a score of 73.34 was estimated as high (level 4) and among the 12 dimensions that make up the HSOPSC, two indicators of teamwork within the hospital units and organizational learning - continuous improvement, respectively With an average score of 79.6% and 81.6%, they were in the row with the highest percentage of positive answers regarding compliance with the principles of patient safety culture. The lowest percentage was related to the dimension of non-punitive response to the occurrence of an error.
Conclusion:
Although Taleghani Hospital in Tabriz is at a high level in terms of safety culture, to improve it even more, it is suggested, by giving priority to safety issues, the hospital managers should support the employees in the management visits of patient safety, in case of complete and timely reports of errors. |