Safety culture of multidisciplinary teams from neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2849.3167Keywords:
Patient Care Team; Patient Safety; Organizational Culture; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Neonatology; Health PersonnelAbstract
Objective
analyze the safety culture of multidisciplinary teams from three neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Method
a cross-sectional survey conducted with 514 health professionals, using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture; data were subjected to a descriptive statistical analysis in software R-3.3.2.
Results
the findings showed that none of the dimensions had a positive response score above 75% to be considered as a strength area. The dimension ‘Nonpunitive response to error’ was classified as a critical area of the patient safety culture, present in 55.45% of the responses. However, areas with potential for improvements were identified, such as ‘Teamwork within units’ (59.44%) and ‘Supervisor/manager’s expectations and actions to promote patient safety’ (49.90%).
Conclusion
none of the dimensions was considered as a strength area, which indicates safety culture has not been fully implemented in the evaluated units. A critical look at the weaknesses of the patient safety process is recommended in order to seek strategies for the adoption of a positive safety culture to benefit patients, family members and health professionals.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
RLAE’s authorship concept is based on the substantial contribution by each of the individuals listed as authors, mainly in terms of conceiving and planning the research project, collecting or analyzing and interpreting data, writing and critical review. Indication of authors’ names under the article title is limited to six. If more, authors are listed on the online submission form under Acknowledgements. The possibility of including more than six authors will only be examined on multicenter studies, considering the explanations presented by the authors.Including names of authors whose contribution does not fit into the above criteria cannot be justified. Those names can be included in the Acknowledgements section.
Authors are fully responsible for the concepts disseminated in their manuscripts, which do not necessarily reflect the editors’ and editorial board’s opinion.
