Safety climate, safety climate strength, and length of stay in the NICU.

Daniel S. Tawfik; Eric J. Thomas; Timothy J. Vogus; Jessica B. Liu; Paul J. Sharek; Courtney C. Nisbet; Henry C. Lee; Bryan Sexton; Jochen Profit

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Safety climate, safety climate strength, and length of stay in the NICU.

November 20, 2019

Tawfik DS, Thomas EJ, Vogus TJ, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19(1):738.

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Prior research has found that perceptions about safety climate varies across neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). This large cross-sectional study examining the impact of caregiver perceptions of safety climate on clinical outcomes found that stronger safety climates were associated with lower risk of healthcare-associated infections, but climate did not affect mortality rates.

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