Improving safety culture results in Rhode Island ICUs: lessons learned from the development of action-oriented plans.

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Improving safety culture results in Rhode Island ICUs: lessons learned from the development of action-oriented plans.

November 2, 2011

Vigorito MC, McNicoll L, Adams L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(11):509-514.

Intensive care units that had a formal plan for improving safety culture not only achieved improved results on the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, but also reported a reduction in rates of certain health care–associated infections.

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