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

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: improving quality of maternal care as well as patients' safety are two important issues in health-care services. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the culture of patient safety at maternity units. METHODS: this 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, nurses and midwifes working in several positions including matron, supervisors, head of departments and staffs. Data were collected using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). RESULTS: this 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.

Keywords

• patient safety
• patient safety culture
• hospital survey on patient safety culture (hsopsc)
• maternity units