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A comparison of patient safety culture at two campuses of Riyadh based dental College
Syed Hammad Ahsan1, Abdul Qadir Abdul Wahid1, Safiah Alali1
1Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Objective:
To identify potential shortcoming(s) in relevance to patient safety culture at dental clinics.
Methods:
The cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2016 at two clinics of a dental teaching college in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and comprised subjects who had either direct or indirect contact with patients in the dental clinics. The subjects were handed over a questionnaire based on the Patient Safety Culture Hospital Questionnaire. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis.
Results:
Of the 149 subjects, 96(64.4%) were male, and 130(87%) were in direct contact with patients, while 19(13%) were in indirect contact. Overall, 52(35%) subjects stated that their unit did not have enough staff to handle the workload, and 71(47.7%) said that not encountering serious errors in their unit was pure luck. An encouraging finding was that 104(69.8%) subjects said their managers appreciated them when they followed the established patient safety protocol. Conclusion: There was a variation in the perception of patient safety culture among professionals.
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