The relationships between patient safety culture and sentinel events among hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a national descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sentinel events (SEs) can result in severe and unwanted outcomes. To minimize the fear of sentinel events reporting and the occurrence of sentinel events, patient safety culture improvements within healthcare organizations is needed. To our knowledge, limited studies explored the relationships between patient safety culture and sentinel events on a local level and no research has been conducted at the national level in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the relationships between the patient safety culture and the reported-SEs on a national level during the year 2020 in Saudi hospitals.

Methods

This was a descriptive study. We utilized two data sources (the reported-SEs and the patient safety culture survey) that were linked using hospitals

SUBMITTER: Binkheder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature