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Understanding and attitudes towards patient safety concepts in obstetrics
Author(s) -
Nabhan A.,
AhmedTawfik M.S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.05.012
Subject(s) - medicine , patient safety , referral , safety climate , scale (ratio) , health care , descriptive statistics , family medicine , nursing , occupational safety and health , statistics , physics , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics , economics , economic growth
Objectives : To measure attitudes of health personnel towards patient safety, and to determine how the concept of patient safety varies between maternal health centers and types of health care personnel. Methods : A cross‐sectional descriptive study included 35 primary heath centers in three governorates in Egypt. The subjects comprised all managers, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and technicians. Results : The overall mean for all questions and respondents was 3.89 ± 0.59 (scale 1–5). The safety climate mean was 3.64 ± 0.67. The percentage of respondents viewing the safety climate as positive was 36%. Only 7% of respondents had received feedback after referral of a case of severe pre‐eclampsia. Conclusion : The concept of patient safety in the centers studied is not as strong as desirable for the provision of reliable health care. The culture is one of a penalizing nature with suppressed error reporting, lack of proper communication, and feedback failure.