Assessment of patient safety culture in primary healthcare services in Alexandria

4^th International Conference on Nursing & Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Aida Mohey Mohamed, Mona MoustafaShawki and Eman Mohamed Sharawy

Alexandria University, Egypt

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Background: Patient safety is critical component of health care quality. This study aimed at assessing the perceptions of primary healthcare staff members about patient safety culture and explores the areas of deficiency and opportunities for improvement concerning this issue. Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study surveyed 328 staff members in 28 primary health care facilities in Alexandria using face to face interview format of a modified â�?�?Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Cultureâ�? adapted questionnaire. The total number of respondents was 250 participants (response rate=76.2%). Main Outcome Measures: The patient safety culture score, including subscores on 12 dimensions and 42 items; patient safety grade, number of events reported and factors contributing to the adverse events. Results: The overall median% score for positive perception of patient safety culture at the facility level was 68.6 (IQR=8.2). No differences were found by staff members' profession.The domains with the highest positive score and are thus considered areas of strength were teamwork within units (80.0%), management support for patient safety (80.0%), supervisor expectations & actions promoting patient safety (75.0%) and handoffs & transitions (75.0%). Dimensions scoring the lowest and as such can be considered areas requiring improvement were overall perceptions of patient safety, and frequency of events reported and staffing (60% give positive response for each). More than two fifths (43.6%) did not report any events in the 12 months preceding the survey. The difference between professions regarding the most common procedure that causes adverse event is statistically significant. Patients' related factors such as ignorance and socio cultural acceptance seemed to be the most common factors that contributed to the adverse events (92.4% of the studied participants reported that). Conclusions: Improving patient safety culture should be a priority among health center administrators. Healthcare staff should be encouraged to report errors

Biography :

Email: aida_mohey@yahoo.com