Assessing patient safety culture: a review and synthesis of the measurement tools.

Aneesh K. Singla; Barrett T. Kitch; Joel S. Weissman; Eric G. Campbell

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Assessing patient safety culture: a review and synthesis of the measurement tools.

November 8, 2006

Singla AK, Kitch BT, Weissman JS, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;2(3).

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The authors analyzed 13 safety culture survey instruments and describe the characteristics of the surveys.

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