Title |
Analysis of the safety culture in a Cardiology Unit managed by processes.
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Published in |
Archivos de cardiología de México, April 2017
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DOI | 10.1016/j.acmx.2017.03.003 |
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Authors |
Rafael Raso-Raso, Joaquín Uris-Selles, Andreu Nolasco-Bonmatí, Guillermo Grau-Jornet, Rosa Revert-Gandia, Rebeca Jiménez-Carreño, Ruth M Sánchez-Soriano, Carlos I Chamorro-Fernández, Elvira Marco-Francés, José V Albero-Martínez |
Abstract |
The safety culture is one of the requirements to prevent the occurrence of adverse effects, however has not been studied in the field of cardiology. The objective is to evaluate the safety culture in a cardiology unit has implemented and certified an integrated quality and risk management for patient safety system. A transversal observational study was made in 2 consecutive years using the survey "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" of the "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" in its Spanish version (42 items grouped into 12 dimensions) in all staff. The percentage of positive responses in each dimension in 2014 and 2015 were compared, as well as national data and United States data, following the established rules. The overall assessment of a possible 5, was 4.5 in 2014 and 4.7 in 2015. We identified seven dimensions as a fortress. The worst rated were: staffing, management support and teamwork between units. The comparison showed superiority in all dimensions respect to national data, and 8 respect to American data. The safety culture in a Cardiology Unit with an integrated quality and risk management and patient safety system is high, higher than the national in all its dimensions and in most of them respect to the United States. |
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