SITUATION OF PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE OF HEALTH WORKERS AT KIEN GIANG GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 2021

Thị Hằng Lê 1,, Thị Lý Trần 2
1 VNU Hanoi-University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2 National lung hospital

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Background: The first principle of medical practice is to do no harm to the patient. With that principle, patient safety culture is considered the leading criterion in the treatment and care of patients at medical facilities. Objective: Describe the situation of patient safety culture of health workers at Kien Giang general hospital, 2021. Methods: Cross-sectional study, quantitative research. Results: The study collected quantitative information from 950 health workers at Kien Giang general hospital through questionnaires. The research results show that the rate of health workers who respond positively to the patient safety culture is quite high. Conclusion: The rate of positive response to patient safety culture of health workers is 70.1%. The field with the highest positive response is “Working as a team in the department/department - 91.6%, the lowest is “No punishment when there was an incident - 50,3%.

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