Variation in staff perceptions of patient safety climate across work sites in Norwegian general practitioner practices and out-of-hour clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Measuring staff perceptions with safety climate surveys is a promising approach to addressing patient safety. Variation in safety climate scores between work sites may predict variability in risk related to tasks, work environment, staff behavior, and patient outcomes. Safety climate measurements may identify considerable variation in staff perceptions across work sites.

Objective

To explore variation in staff perceptions of patient safety climate across work sites in Norwegian General Practitioner (GP) practices and Out-of-hours clinics.

Methods

The Norwegian Safety Attitudes QuestionnaireAmbulatory Version (SAQ A) was used to survey staff perceptions of patient safety climate across a sample of GP practices and Out-of-hours clinics in Norway. We invited

SUBMITTER: Deilkas ECT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6457548 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature