Hospital safety climate surveys: Measurement issues

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 632-638

  Jackson, Jeanette ^a   Sarac, Cakil ^a   Flin, Rhona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hospital safety climate; patient safety; staff survey

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL SAFETY CLIMATE SCALE; HOSPITAL SURVEY ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY CLIMATE IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAFETY ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDY DESIGN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649642961     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833f0ee6     Document Type: Review

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