Use of a safety climate questionnaire in UK health care: factor structure, reliability and usability.

A Hutchinson; K L Cooper; J E Dean; A McIntosh; M Patterson; C B Stride; B E Laurence; C M Smith

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Use of a safety climate questionnaire in UK health care: factor structure, reliability and usability.

November 22, 2006

Hutchinson A, Cooper KL, Dean JE, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(5):347-53.

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The researchers assessed the applicability of the Teamwork and Safety Climate Survey in the United Kingdom and found that with modest alteration it was a useful tool for understanding culture in both primary and secondary care environments.

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