An Exploration of Contributing Factors to Patient Safety.

Authors

• Inga M Zadvinskis, OhioHealth
• Pamela J Salsberry
• Esther M Chipps
• Emily S Patterson
• Laura A Szalacha
• Kathryn A Crea, OhioHealth

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of nursing care quality

Abstract

One in 3 patients is estimated to experience health care-related harm during hospitalization. This descriptive, cross-sectional study used the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire to measure interprofessional staff perceptions of safety and teamwork climate and a retrospective, modified Global Trigger Tool chart review methodology to measure unit-level patient outcomes. Safety climate and teamwork did not have a statistically significant relationship with the frequency of adverse events identified by the Global Trigger Tool. Researchers may consider the Global Trigger Tool for detecting unit-level adverse events.

First Page

108

Last Page

115

DOI

10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000284

Publication Date

4-1-2018

Recommended Citation

Zadvinskis IM, Salsberry PJ, Chipps EM, Patterson ES, Szalacha LA, Crea KA. An Exploration of Contributing Factors to Patient Safety. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Apr/Jun;33(2):108-115. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000284. PMID: 29466259.