Abstract
Patient safety has become a priority issue in health policy and healthcare management around the world. Assessing physician’s attitudes about issues relevant to patient safety is the first stage of developing a safety culture. This study aimed to measure patient safety culture among physicians in Abderrahman Mami hospital, Ariana, Tunisia.
Highlights
Patient safety has recently gained greater attention worldwide
Treatment safety culture seems to be an area to develop in our hospital regarding these fairly average proved results
Organizational learning - continuous improvement We are actively doing things to improve patient safety Mistakes have led to positive changes here After we make changes to improve patient safety, we evaluate their effectiveness We are given feedback about changes put into place based on event reports We are informed about errors that happen in the facility In this facility, we discuss ways to prevent errors from happening again
Summary
Patient safety has recently gained greater attention worldwide. One important indicator of patient safety is the rate of adverse events (AEs) among hospital patients. The 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine, USA, ‘To Err Is Human’, have revealed a substantial rate of AEs in hospital practice resulting in 44000 to 98000 deaths each year that could have been prevented [7]. This report brought a greater attention to the problem of patient safety and a growing Conviction that hospital staffs’ ability to avoid harm will be better realized when a safety culture could be created [8]. Assessing physician’s attitudes about issues relevant to patient safety is the first stage of developing a safety culture. This study aimed to measure patient safety culture among physicians in Abderrahman Mami hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
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