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Published on: April 11, 2018
Patient safety culture in a bone marrow transplantation unit
Vivian Costa Fermo1, Vera Radünz1, Luciana Martins da Rosa1
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Objective:
evaluate the patient safety culture in the perspective of health professionals from a bone marrow transplantation unit of an oncology research center, at a reference hospital for cancer treatment in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Method:
a quantitative cross-sectional study that used the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire was conducted between August and September 2013. The study analyzed 33 professional surveys. Statistical data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:
among the dimensions analyzed, only "job satisfaction" reached a mean score above 75, considered positive in terms of patient safety culture.
Conclusion:
the dimensions of safety culture present in the survey have to be valued by professionals and managers to allow safe patient care.
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