Patient safety in organizational culture as perceived by leaderships of hospital institutions with different types of administration

• Main Authors: Natasha Dejigov Monteiro da Silva, Antonio Pires Barbosa, Kátia Grillo Padilha, Ana Maria Malik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-06-01
• Series: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
• Subjects: Seguridad del Paciente; Cultura Organizacional; Administración de los Servicios de Salud; Calidad de la Atención de Salud
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342016000300490&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the perceptions of leaderships toward patient safety culture dimensions in the routine of hospitals with different administrative profiles: government, social and private organizations, and make correlations among participating institutions regarding dimensions of patient safety culture used. METHOD A quantitative cross-sectional study that used the Self Assessment Questionnaire 30 translated into Portuguese. The data were processed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) in addition to descriptive statistics, with statistical significance set at p-value ≤ 0.05. RESULTS According to the participants' perceptions, the significant dimensions of patient safety culture were 'patient safety climate' and 'organizational learning', with 81% explanatory power. Mean scores showed that among private organizations, higher values were attributed to statements; however, the correlation between dimensions was stronger among government hospitals. CONCLUSION Different hospital organizations present distinct values for each dimension of patient safety culture and their investigation enables professionals to identify which dimensions need to be introduced or improved to increase patient safety.