BACKGROUND The measurement of safety culture in healthcare is generally regarded as a first step towards improvement. Based on a self-assessment of safety culture, the Frankfurt Patient Safety Matrix (FraTrix) aims to enable healthcare teams to improve safety culture in their organisations. In this study we assessed the effects of FraTrix on safety culture in general practice. METHODS We cond...

Although medical error reporting has been studied, underreporting remains pervasive. The study aims were to identify the organizational factors with the greatest perceived effect on error reporting and to determine whether associations differ for management and clinical staff. A total of 515 637 respondents from 1052 hospitals completed the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Nine organi...

introduction: patient safety and its requirements fulfillment are today one of the useful valuation indicators in healthcare organizations. thus, patient safety culture and its promotion are referred to as one of the most important issues raised in the country. the present study aims to examine the effective factors (personal and organizational) in patient safety culture from the point of view ...

studies have determined that the application of technical safety measures is not adequate to protect human, economic and environmental assets in industries. therefore, promoting health, safety and environment (hse culture), as an alternative approach, is of great importance. the aim of this study was to evaluate and manage hse culture among employees of an industrial sector in iran. this descri...