Analysis of Patient Safety Culture in Dental and Oral Health Services at RSGM Unimus

Abstract

The Dental and Oral Hospital (RSGM) as a part of health care facilities, especially teeth and mouth, do not rule out unexpected events / near-injury events that have an impact on patient safety. The safety incidents at RSGM are only reported when an incident occurs. Solving this problem requires changing the culture of health care from one in which errors are viewed as the result of individual failure to one in which errors are viewed as opportunities to improve from one in which errors are viewed as the system. This study aims to determine the culture of patient safety in dental and oral health services at RSGM Unimus. This type of research is descriptive research with mixed methods research approaches, namely quantitative and qualitative. The study involved a sample of 65 respondents, where the study was conducted from March to April 2020. Quantitative data collection techniques used AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality instrument questionnaire) and qualitative through interviews. The results of the study show that in all dimensions of the AHRQ questionnaire, the highest positive response results are in the very good/strong category, which means that the level of patient safety at RSGM Unimus is already supportive. This study shows that the dissemination of patient safety has not been routinely carried out, errors in communication often occur, reporting only when unexpected incidents occur, and it is necessary to increase feedback between medical personnel and evaluation of intentional or accidental errors that is related to patient safety still needs to be improved.

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