Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys

O’Connor, Paul; Buttrey, Samuel E.; O’Dea, Angela; Kennedy, Quinn

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2011.06.005

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“…It is an individual attribute describing the individual attitudes about safety. In this study, while acknowledging of the conceptual differences between these terms, given the instrument used for data gathering, the term safety was selected culture (6, 7, 10, 13). …”

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Iranian Nurse Association Perception of Patient Safety Culture

Bahrami¹,

Chalak²,

Montazeralfaraj³

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background:In recent decades, patient safety has become a high priority health system issue, due to the high potential of occurring adverse events in health facilities.Objectives:This study was aimed to survey patient safety culture in 2 Iranian educational hospitals.Materials and Methods:In a descriptive, cross-sectional survey, a hospital survey on patient safety culture, was used in two teaching hospitals in Yazd, Iran during 2012. Study population was comprised of the same hospitals' nurses. Stratified-random sampling method was used and distributed among a total of 340 randomly-selected nurses from different units. From all distributed questionnaires, 302 ones were answered completely and afterwards analyzed using SPSS 17. Dimensional- and item-level positive scores were used for results reporting. Additionally descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), independent sample t-test and ANOVA were sued for data analyzing.Results:Research findings demonstrated that both hospitals had low to average scores in all dimensions of patient safety culture. Non-punitive response to error, staffing and frequency of events reported had the lowest positive scores of patient safety dimensions with scores 15.26, 19.26, 16.65, 30 and 32.87, 31.10 respectively in Shahid Sadoughi and Shahid Rahnemoon Hospitals. Also only 29.20 and 28.80 percent of nurses in Shahid Sadoughi and Shahid Rahnemoon Hospitals, respectively, evaluated the patient safety grade of their hospital as “excellent” and “very good”. Indeed, the studied hospitals had a statistical difference in 3 dimensions of patient safety culture (frequency of events reported, organizational learning and staffing). (P ≤ 0.05)Conclusions:Our study results were indicating of the challenge of weak patient safety culture, in educational hospitals. Therefore, the issue should be integrated to all policy makers and managerial initiatives in our health system, as a top priority.

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Iranian Nurse Association Perception of Patient Safety Culture

Bahrami¹,

Chalak²,

Montazeralfaraj³

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…This is accomplished by a series of combined methods using questionnaire surveys, audits, interviews, etc., that enable a well-rounded inquiry and analysis. Hence, a variety of instruments, both qualitative and quantitative or in combination, are in use for safety climate and culture evaluations (O'Connor et al 2011;Edwards et al 2013). …”

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Shaping the Culture of Safety through Effective Leadership in Malaysia

Yam¹,

Wong²,

Hoong³

et al. 2017

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Despite the enforcement of safety protocols, several workplaces and organizations still face accidents in Malaysia. SOSCO reported >34,000 workplace related accidents in 2012, 983 of which were fatal. Leadership is important when creating a culture that supports and promotes health and safety. Management and Team leaders are vital in inspiring workers to higher levels of safety consciousness and productivity, which means they must personally apply good leadership attributions daily. A 'Safety Culture' describes a safety management style in the workplace that reflects attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values shared by all workers with regard to safety. The objectives of this study include raising the awareness among leaders in the workplace of their role and responsibility in the mitigation and construction of a safety culture that approaches zero incidents in the workplace. The methodology used in this paper includes a qualitative literature research on safety culture and leadership in addition to a quantitative survey that focused on safety culture at two Malaysian universities. This research thus provides an in-depth analysis and platform for organizations to identify areas of weakness and concern and can lead to further research that builds on existing systems to strengthen safety culture awareness and praxis.

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“…Culture reflects deeper values and assumptions, while climate refers to shared perceptions among a relatively homogeneous group [16]. O'Connor et al [17] believed that SC can provide a "snapshot" of an organization's SU. Culture is a representation of an organization's enduring characteristics, comparable to its personality.…”

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Exploring the Multilevel Perception of Safety Climate on Taiwanese Construction Sites

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This study investigates multilevel differences in safety climate (SC) perception dimensions between management and laborers on Taiwanese construction sites. With Taiwan’s high rate of construction site safety incidents, implementing successful safety strategies requires understanding differences in SC perceptions between management and laborers. This study used a structured SC questionnaire with responses from 74 managers and 261 laborers. The analysis of collected data includes (1) descriptive statistics comparing the selected dimensions; (2) Pearson correlation analysis examining relationships between SC perception dimensions; (3) t-test and one-way ANOVA to assess relationships between the respondent’s background and SC perception dimensions; and (4) Post-Tukey comparison analysis to compare the SC perception differences between management and laborers. The results indicate that management-level staff show a higher degree of SC perception than laborer-level staff. This level of SC perception varies between individual dimensions. The strongest convergence between the two groups is observed in the dimension of ‘workmate care of each other’, and the greatest divergence is found in ‘risk decision making’. Previous studies regarding SC perception in Taiwan specifically focus on construction workers and neglect the differences in perception between management and laborers. The outcomes of this study contribute to the understanding of multilevel SC perceptions, which can be used in the development of targeted strategies to improve SC on construction sites.

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Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

Iranian Nurse Association Perception of Patient Safety Culture

Iranian Nurse Association Perception of Patient Safety Culture

Shaping the Culture of Safety through Effective Leadership in Malaysia

Exploring the Multilevel Perception of Safety Climate on Taiwanese Construction Sites

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