The safety culture in a children's hospital.

Full Abstract

Efforts to improve patient safety require an understanding of organizational culture. In a survey of inpatient healthcare providers in a children's hospital, physician perceptions of teamwork were higher than those of all other staff (P < .001). Recognition of the impact of stress and fatigue was low, and job satisfaction was high for all groups. A majority of respondents did not feel rewarded for incident reporting. Information on hospital-level safety culture can lead to targeted system improvement.

Author information

Author/s: Grant, Mary Jo C (MJ); Donaldson, Amy E (AE); Larsen, Gitte Y (GY);

Affiliation: Pediatric Critical Care, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. MaryJo.Grant(-atsign-)ihc.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of nursing care quality (J Nurs Care Qual), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Jul-Sep; vol 21 (issue 3) : pp 223-9

Dates: Created 2006/07/03; Completed 2006/08/18; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16816602, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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