Patient safety climate: a study of Southern California healthcare organizations.

Andre S. Avramchuk; Stephen J J McGuire

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Patient safety climate: a study of Southern California healthcare organizations.

September 5, 2018

Avramchuk AS, McGuire SJJ. J Healthc Manag. 2018;63(3):175-192.

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Improving the culture of safety within health care is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors. This study reports on the development and initial validation of a novel safety culture survey. The tool incorporates similar domains to other existing safety culture surveys but is designed to offer a brief way to assess safety climate at the organizational level.

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