Safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital in the perception of healthcare professionals

• Main Authors: Paloma Aparecida Carvalho, Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems, Maria Raquel Gomes Maia Pires, Maria Liz Cunha de Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
• Series: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
• Subjects: Seguridad del Paciente; Cultura Organizacional; Evaluación de Servicios de Salud; Centros Quirúrgicos
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000601041&lng=en&tlng=en

Objective: to evaluate the perception of healthcare professionals about the safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital, large-sized, according to the domains of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). Method: descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative research, with the application of the SAQ to 226 professionals. Descriptive data analysis, instrument consistency and exploratory factor analysis. Results: participants were distributed homogeneously between females (49.6%) and males (50.4%); mean age of 39.6 (SD±9.9) years and length of professional experience of 9.9 (SD±9.2) years. And Cronbach's ( of 0.84. It was identified six domains proposed in the questionnaire: stress perception (74.5) and job satisfaction (70.7) showed satisfactory results; teamwork environment (59.1) and climate of security (48.9) presented scores below the minimum recommended (75); unit's management perceptions (44.5), hospital management perceptions (34.9) and working conditions (41.9) presented the lowest averages. Conclusions: the results showed that, from the perspective of the professionals, there is weakness in the values, attitudes, skills and behaviors that determine the safety culture in a healthcare organization.