Perceptions and Factors Affecting Patient Safety Culture of Employees in Pediatric Services in Turkey

INTRODUCTION: It is important to place the “Patient safety culture” in institutions in establishing patient safety in health care. In this study, some factors affecting the patient safety culture and perceptions of health workers working in paediatrics services are investigated.
METHODS: The descriptive type of research was conducted with a total of 158 health professionals,253 nurses, 50 physicians and 461 other health workers in four hospitals in Bursa. The data was collected using surveys. The patient safety culture was measured using the Turkish version of the “Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSoPSC)”. To determine the factors that affect patient safety culture in “Personal Information Form”. The alpha value of the scale α=0.91.
RESULTS: 36.2% of health workers is 26-35 age, working as a nurse to 54.8%. Hospital health workers on hospital survey on patient safety culture survey overall score of 51% determined as the Highest positive response %71.55 “teamwork within units” sub-dimension and the lowest positive response %28.06 “no punishment response to the errors”. Marital status, age, occupation, working hours, professional experience, having worked on patient safety in the enterprise and volume factors influencing the answers belong to the survey of employees. It is determined that the majority of healthcare workers in pediatrics services know the concept of patient safety and that they are implementing patient safety initiatives while giving care.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As a result; levels of the patient safety culture of employees on an ongoing basis, institutions and among employees is proposed to be made of the evaluation.