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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2017

Safety culture in the maternity unit of hospitals in Ilam province, Iran: a census survey using HSOPSC tool.

Nahid Akbari, Marzieh Malek, Parvin Ebrahimi, Hamid Haghani, Sanaz Aazami

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nahid AkbariFaculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Marzieh MalekMaster student of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Parvin EbrahimiDepartment of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid HaghaniDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Management and Information Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sanaz AazamiDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Science, Ilam, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRIlam University · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionImproving quality of maternal care as well as patients' safety are two important issues in health-care service. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the culture of patient safety at maternity units.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted among staffs working at maternity units in seven hospitals of Ilam city, Iran. The staffs included in this study were gynecologists and midwifes working in different positions including matron, supervisors, head of departments and staffs. Data were collected using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC).

resultsThis study indicated that 59.1% of participants reported fair level of overall perceptions of safety and 67.1% declared that no event was reported during the past 12 months. The most positively perceived dimension of safety culture was teamwork within departments in view of managers (79.41) and personnel (81.10). However, the least positively perceived dimensions of safety culture was staffing levels.

conclusionThe current study revealed areas of strength (teamwork within departments) and weakness (staffing, punitive responses to error) among managers and personnel. In addition, we found that staffs in Ilam's hospitals accept the patient safety culture in maternity units, but, still are far away from excellent culture of patient safety. Therefore, it is necessary to promote culture of patient's safety among professions working in the maternity units of Ilam's hospitals.

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Quality of Health CareAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGynecologyHealth Care SurveysHospital UnitsHumansIranMaleMaternal Health ServicesMidwiferyPatient Care TeamPersonnel, HospitalPregnancyhospital survey on patient safety culture (HSOPSC)maternity unitsPatient safetypatient safety culture

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PMID29187937
PMCPMC5660331
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