Safety culture in Australian intensive care units: Establishing a baseline for quality improvement

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-102

  Chaboyer, Wendy ^a   Chamberlain, Di ^b   Hewson Conroy, Karena ^c   Grealy, Bernadette ^d   Elderkin, Tania ^e   Brittin, Maureen ^f   McCutcheon, Catherine ^g   Longbottom, Paula ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^h  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^f ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Calvary Health Care ACT   (Australia)

^h KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84874993985     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2013722     Document Type: Article

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