Use of the safety attitudes questionnaire as a measure in patient safety improvement

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-209

  Watts, Bradley V ^a,b,c   Percarpio, Katherine ^c   West, Priscilla ^c   Mills, Peter D ^b,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA National Center for Patient Safety Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

quality improvement; Safety culture; surgical safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERAL SURGERY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VERMONT;

EID: 78650415048     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181fbbe86     Document Type: Article

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