Review Measuring safety climate in health care. Citation Text: Flin R, Burns C, Mearns K, et al. Measuring safety climate in health care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(2):109-15. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL April 19, 2006 Flin R, Burns C, Mearns K, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(2):109-15. View more articles from the same authors. The authors reviewed 12 studies that measured safety climate using questionnaires and found a lack of theoretical grounding for most of the surveys. PubMed citation Available at Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Flin R, Burns C, Mearns K, et al. Measuring safety climate in health care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(2):109-15. 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