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Assessment of safety culture in a public hospital in the Federal District, Brazil

2019; Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem; Volume: 72; Issue: suppl 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0716

ISSN

1984-0446

Autores

Paloma Aparecida Carvalho, Carla Albina Soares Laundos, Juliana Ventura Souza Juliano, Luíz Augusto Casulari, Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems,

Tópico(s)

Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues

Resumo

to assess the perception of health professionals regarding safety culture of a high complexity public hospital of the Federal District, Brazil.cross-sectional and descriptive study. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire was used in electronic format. Descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out.358 professionals participated, with 242 (67.6%) being female. Of these, 224 (62.6%) worked directly or indirectly with patients in assistance activities; 79 (22.1%) in administrative activities; 14 (3.9%) in management; and 41 (11.5%) in others. The total score was 57.1. Job satisfaction factors and stress perception had the most expressive results, 76.2 and 68.8, respectively. The category "working conditions" presented the lowest result, 40.7.the results are below the score of 75, value recommended as indicative of a positive safety atmosphere. We suggest the implementation of actions for the promotion of safety culture and new studies with representative samples of all segments of workers.

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