Evaluation of the patient safety culture within the hospital organization of a university hospital

Abstract

This article has the objective of addressing the assessment of nurse caretakers about the patient safety culture within the hospital organization of a university hospital. It was adopted the descriptive method with quantitative approach with data  collected from September to November 2014. The study sample consisted of 203 nurse caretakers who responded to the questionnaire Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) available at Proqualis, translated into Portuguese. The questionnaire consists of 12 dimensions to evaluate the Safety Culture, the degree of agreement is scored by the scale Likert whose responses vary from “totally agree” to “strongly disagree”. In the herein manuscript, we used 3 (three) dimensions of safety culture within an organization. The data indicate that the manager and leaders of the institution need to demonstrate commitment and take concrete actions that favor and prioritize patient safety issues within the study hospital setting.