Measuring and comparing safety climate in intensive care units

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-284

  France, Daniel J ^a   Greevy, Robert A ^b   Liu, Xulei ^b   Burgess, Hayley ^c   Dittus, Robert S ^d   Weinger, Matthew B ^a   Speroff, Theodore ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Texas Medical Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Random effects,benchmarking; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MANAGER; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEAMWORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649156840     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181c162d6     Document Type: Article

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