A factorial survey on safety behavior providing opportunities to improve safety.
Simons P, Houben R, Reijnders P, et al. A Factorial Survey on Safety Behavior Providing Opportunities to Improve Safety. J Patient Saf. 2018;14(4):193-201. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000192.
Organizations with robust safety culture, as measured by AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, have improved objective measures of safety. Researchers compared the AHRQ survey to a factorial survey examining safety behavior among employees in a radiotherapy department. The two surveys yielded similar results, while the factorial survey added that staff were more likely to report safety concerns if they caused patient harm.