Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 934-939

  Sexton, J Bryan ^a   Berenholtz, Sean M ^b   Goeschel, Christine A ^b   Watson, Sam R ^c   Holzmueller, Christine G ^b   Thompson, David A ^b   Hyzy, Robert C ^d   Marsteller, Jill A ^e   Schumacher, Kathy ^f   Pronovost, Peter J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care unit; quality of health care; safety climate; safety culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955483226     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206d26c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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