Middle East hospitals make all the efforts to manage patient safety in an effective and efficient manner. When the culture of blame and other factors exist, patient safety management efforts and the adaptability of the system can be affected. This manuscript embraced a qualitative exploration of Factors Shaping Patient Safety Management in the Middle East Hospitals from Nursing Perspective. A s...

Safety case development is not a post-development activity, rather it should occur throughout the system development lifecycle. The key components in a safety case are safety arguments. Too often, safety arguments are constructed without proper reasoning. Inappropriate reasoning in safety arguments could undermine a system’s safety claims, which in turn contributes to safety-related failures of...

This paper deals with the assessment of Safety Management Systems performance and presents a new tool developed for that purpose. It recognizes two dimensions in a SMS: a structural facet corresponding to the formal description of the system and an operational one focused on the system’s influence on the working environment and practices of people. Building up the operational performance of a S...

original article   various aspects of work and occupational diversity and the complexity of the nursing profession have a significant impact on the incidence rate of unsafe acts and consequences of accidents. in this regard, safety attitude will have a significant impact on occupational accidents among nursing personnel. the aim of this study was to assess safety attitude among nurses and its r...