Perception by healthcare professionals about the safety culture in different hospital paediatric units
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Aladrén-Hernando E, Cruz-Leiva M, Paul-Nadal A, Merino-Leiva D, González-de la Cuesta D. Percepción de los profesionales sanitarios acerca de la cultura de seguridad en distintos servicios de pediatría hospitalaria. Metas Enferm mar 2021; 24(2):16-22. Doi: https://doi.org/ 10.35667/MetasEnf.2021.24.1003081711
Authors
Esther Aladrén-Hernando1, Marina Cruz-Leiva1, Andrea Paul-Nadal1, Diana Merino-Leiva1,Delia González-de la Cuesta2
Position
1Enfermera Especialista en Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet-Hospital Infantil. Zaragoza2Supervisora de Área para Investigación en e Innovación. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón). Zaragoza
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Esther Aladrén Hernando. Avda. Martínez de Velasco, 35. 22004 Huesca
Contact email: ealadren@salud.aragon.es
Abstract
Objective: to describe the perception by healthcare professionals about the different paediatric units of a hospital in Zaragoza in terms of patient safety (PS) culture.
Method: a cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study conducted on Medicine and Nursing professionals (n= 345) from Paediatric Units of a Third-Level hospital. A survey on safety culture was conducted, validated by the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare. The Kruskal Wallis and t-Student tests were used during statistical analysis, in order to identify any differences between Medicine and Nursing, with a p< 0.05 significance level.
Results: in total, 159 professionals (46.08%) were included; 71.1% had no PS training; 40.2% answered that there were no activities targeted to improving PS, but 71.4% claimed that measures were activated when faced with an event, in order to avoid its recurrence. The majority (80.1%) claimed that they worked as a team, but 65.4% highlighted loss of information in shift changes. The overall perception of the participants about PS in this centre was mostly “Acceptable” (54.1%) and “Poor” (34.6%). Significant differences were observed in the PS categories: “work area/ unit”, “head / supervisor”, and “communication”, and not in the rest.
Conclusions: over half of professionals had an “Acceptable” perception of PS in their centre; and overall, they had no training on safety culture, and PS was not identified as a priority to avoid and prevent adverse events.
Keywords:
safety; safety administration; patient safety; Safety culture; paediatrics; paediatric hospitals; Adverse events; Accidents
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