Nursing Staff Perception of Sources of Patients Risk and Patient Safety Standards and their Practice in Egypt
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Nursing Staff Perception of Sources of Patients Risk and Patient Safety Standards and their Practice in Egypt, AL-SHAIMAA A.A. ABD EL-AZIZ, EMAN A. ETEWAY and EGLAL A. ABDELWAHAB
Abstract
Background: A new reality is obligated that employees' perceptions about safety are important because organizations with strong safety culture consistently report fewer workplace injuries and fewer harmful events to the patients, and medical staff than do organizations with weak safety culture.
Aim: The current study was conducted to assess nursing staff perceptions of sources of patients risks and patient safety standards and their practice in Egypt.
Design: A descriptive correlational research design was utilized.
Sample: Convenient samples of nurses were included according to the criteria of inclusion.
Setting: The study was conducted in one of governmental hospitals affiliated to Ministry of Health in Egypt.
Tools: Data were collected by two tools, first safety perception questionnaire and second, observational checklist is developed by investigator.
Results: The result of the study revealed the highest perception was observed in occupational safety measures (15.22%), while the lowest perception was observed in training and skills (3.22%). Regarding nursing practice for applying patient safety standard, the highest percentage was in safety of high risk medication (23.14%).
Conclusion: There is positive correlation between percep-tion of the studied sample and their practices regarding patient safety standard.
Recommendation: The current study recommended that develop educational program for nursing staff about bed sores as proactive preventive measure, emphasizing greatly on the application of infection control precautions, attend conferences/ workshops about patient safety to raise awareness of staff about patient safety policies and procedures, establish patient safety committee, and develop a well-established system for incident reporting.