%0 Journal Article %1 noKey %A Relihan, E. %A Glynn, S. %A Daly, D. %A Silke, B. %A Ryder, S. %D 2009 %I Springer-Verlag %J Irish Journal of Medical Science %K Attitudes Medication Patient Questionnaire Safety culture myown safety %N 4 %P 433-439 %R 10.1007/s11845-009-0352-2 %T Measuring and benchmarking safety culture: application of the safety attitudes questionnaire to an acute medical admissions unit %U http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/64564/1/Relihan_Glynn_Daly_Silke_Ryder_Measuring_safety_culture_Safety_Attitudes_Questionnaire_acute_medical_admissions_unit.pdf %V 178 %X OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety culture in an acute medical admissions unit (AMAU) of a teaching hospital in order to benchmark results against international data and guide a unit-based, integrated, risk management strategy. METHODS: The safety attitudes questionnaire (SAQ), a validated instrument for the measurement of safety culture was applied to an AMAU. All AMAU healthcare staff (n = 92) were surveyed: doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and allied healthcare professionals (AHPs). Safety attitude scores for the overall unit and individual caregiver types were assessed across six domains of safety culture. RESULTS: When compared against an international benchmark, the AMAU scored significantly higher for four of the six safety domains: p < 0.01 for 'teamwork climate', 'safety climate' and 'stress recognition' and p < 0.05 for 'job satisfaction'. The difference between nurse manager scores and the overall mean for the study group was statistically significant for the domains of 'teamwork climate' (p < 0.05) and 'safety climate' (p < 0.01). HCAs scored significantly lower relative to staff overall with regard to 'working conditions' (p < 0.05) and 'perceptions of management' (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The SAQ was successfully applied to an AMAU setting giving a valuable insight into staff issues of concern across the safety spectrum: employee and environmental safety, clinical risk management and medication safety.

@article{noKey, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety culture in an acute medical admissions unit (AMAU) of a teaching hospital in order to benchmark results against international data and guide a unit-based, integrated, risk management strategy. METHODS: The safety attitudes questionnaire (SAQ), a validated instrument for the measurement of safety culture was applied to an AMAU. All AMAU healthcare staff (n = 92) were surveyed: doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and allied healthcare professionals (AHPs). Safety attitude scores for the overall unit and individual caregiver types were assessed across six domains of safety culture. RESULTS: When compared against an international benchmark, the AMAU scored significantly higher for four of the six safety domains: p < 0.01 for 'teamwork climate', 'safety climate' and 'stress recognition' and p < 0.05 for 'job satisfaction'. The difference between nurse manager scores and the overall mean for the study group was statistically significant for the domains of 'teamwork climate' (p < 0.05) and 'safety climate' (p < 0.01). HCAs scored significantly lower relative to staff overall with regard to 'working conditions' (p < 0.05) and 'perceptions of management' (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The SAQ was successfully applied to an AMAU setting giving a valuable insight into staff issues of concern across the safety spectrum: employee and environmental safety, clinical risk management and medication safety.}, added-at = {2013-07-31T00:14:52.000+0200}, author = {Relihan, E. and Glynn, S. and Daly, D. and Silke, B. and Ryder, S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bfa2015e71855e4173ec69e337c652fb/sryder}, doi = {10.1007/s11845-009-0352-2}, interhash = {41e5ec28be6d990d0b49f7b6fb834575}, intrahash = {bfa2015e71855e4173ec69e337c652fb}, issn = {0021-1265}, journal = {Irish Journal of Medical Science}, keywords = {Attitudes Medication Patient Questionnaire Safety culture myown safety}, language = {English}, number = 4, pages = {433-439}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, timestamp = {2013-07-31T00:21:16.000+0200}, title = {Measuring and benchmarking safety culture: application of the safety attitudes questionnaire to an acute medical admissions unit}, url = {http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/64564/1/Relihan_Glynn_Daly_Silke_Ryder_Measuring_safety_culture_Safety_Attitudes_Questionnaire_acute_medical_admissions_unit.pdf}, volume = 178, year = 2009 }