Patient safety culture and associated factors among health care professionals at public hospitals in Dessie town, north east Ethiopia, 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient safety culture is defined as the attitudes, perceptions, and values that staffs share within an organization related to patient safety. The safety of health care is now a major global concern. It is likely that millions of people suffer disabling injuries or death directly related to medical care. Particularly in developing and transitional countries, patient harm is a global public health problem. The objective of the study is to assess patient safety culture and associated factors among health care professionals working in public hospitals in Dessie town, North East Ethiopia, 2019.

Methods

Facility based quantitative study was employed from March 15 -April 30, 2019 in public hospitals in Dessie town. Four hundred and twenty two health care professional

SUBMITTER: Mohammed F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7861534 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature