Health Scope. 2013 February; 1(4): 160-165.
The Impact of Patient Safety Climate on Medical Errors in a Sample of Nurses: Creating Safer Health Care.
Abstract:
Background: Patient safety is one of
the major issues which are concerned with the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the medical community in developing and developed countries.
Based on Studies, about 10 % of patients admitted in hospitals will be
damaged.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate patient safety climate among nurses and their roles for predicting medical errors.
Patients and Method:
Questionnaire responses were obtained from 122 nurses. The questionnaire
comprised four parts included 20 items related to patient safety
climate, 6 items to Organizational factors, 15 items to influential
factors on the incidence of medical errors and overall level of patient
safety. The relationship between patient safety climate and factors in
medical errors was evaluated by regression analysis using SPSS 17
software.
Results: According to the
results, there was a negative relationship between patient safety
climate and factors affecting the incidence of medical errors (β =
-0.22, P < 0.05). Also, poor safety climate was established among
nurses (average of less than 3.5).
Conclusions: As the nurses
play direct roles associated with family members and healthcare
professionals for providing safe and quality, therefore full attention
to the safety climate is recommended for reducing medical errors and
improving patient safety. The quality of Interactions among therapeutic
members and assessing patient conditions and full dominance on treatment
process will be extremely effective in health care.
Keywords: Patient Safety; Organizations; Medical Errors; Climate; Questionnaires
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