Patient safety culture in home care settings in Sweden: a cross-sectional survey among home care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The connection between a weak patient safety culture and adverse patient events is well known, but although most long-term care is provided outside of hospitals, the focus of patient safety culture is most commonly on inpatient care. In Sweden, more than a third of people who receive care at home have been affected by adverse events, with the majority judged to be preventable. The aim of this study was to investigate the patient safety culture among care professionals working in care at home with older people.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used a purposive sample of 66 municipal care workers, health care professionals, and rehabilitation staff from five municipal care units in two districts in western Sweden who provided care at home for older people and had

SUBMITTER: Silverglow A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10505324 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature