Comparing two safety culture surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety.

Jason Etchegaray; Eric J. Thomas

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Comparing two safety culture surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety.

April 25, 2012

Etchegaray J, Thomas EJ. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(6):490-8.

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Comparison of two widely used safety culture surveys, the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, revealed that both had similar reliability and predictive validity.

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