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ArticlePloS one2025

Assessment of patient safety culture among healthcare employees in major Eswatini public hospitals.

Mpumelelo Goodwill Ndlela, Chia-Hui Wang, Nai-Wen Kuo, Bongani Sibandze, Qhubekani Mpala, Victor Williams

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Mpumelelo Goodwill NdlelaSchool of Healthcare Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4329-8620
Chia-Hui WangDepartment of Real Estate & Built Environment, College of Public Affairs, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Nai-Wen KuoSchool of Healthcare Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9199-2882
Bongani SibandzeFaculty of Health Sciences (Manzini Campus), Southern Africa Nazarene University, Manzini, Kingdom of Eswatini.
Qhubekani MpalaAccess to Medicine, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Mbabane, Kingdom of Eswatini.
Victor WilliamsUnit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0594-3433

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Abstract

This primary study assessed the patient safety culture in five major public government hospitals in Eswatini. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among hospital employees using the validated Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The average positive patient safety culture (PSC) score was 43%. The highest-rated composite was "teamwork within units" (75%), while the lowest-rated was "staffing" (25%). All 11 PSC composites scored below the 2018 AHRQ survey benchmarks. These findings underscore the need for significant improvements in PSC across Eswatini's hospitals. Additionally, the study revealed a lack of robust patient safety reporting systems in the five hospitals, which hinders efforts to address safety issues and reduce medical errors.

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Health PersonnelHospitals, PublicOrganizational CulturePatient SafetySafety ManagementAdultCross-Sectional StudiesEswatiniFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and Questionnaires

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