Differences in Hospital Managers', Unit Managers', and Health Care Workers' Perceptions of the Safety Climate for Respiratory Protection

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 326-336

  Peterson, Kristina ^a   Rogers, Bonnie M E ^b   Brosseau, Lisa M ^c   Payne, Julianne ^a   Cooney, Jennifer ^a   Joe, Lauren ^d   Novak, Debra ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

occupational health and safety programs; organizational culture climate; program planning and evaluation; research

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLIMATE; COWORKER; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANAGER; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; SAFETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS MASK; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84976406190     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2165079916640550     Document Type: Article

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