A study on patient safety culture among doctors and nurses in a district hospital of west bengal

Dr Suman Kar; Dr. Debjyoti Karmakar

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A study on patient safety culture among doctors and nurses in a district hospital of west bengal

Dr Suman Kar, Dr. Debjyoti Karmakar

Abstract :

Backgound: Patient safety is an important component of health care quality. Patient safety, including the measurement of patient safety culture is a top priority in developed countries today .1 It was amide to study the patient safety behaviour among the doctors and nursing care personnel of a distric hospitalof west bengal. Objective: To assess the safety culture is prevailing among doctors working in Indian setting and Nurses Perception of Safety culture in their respective working units. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at the District Hospital of Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal . A systematic random sampling technique was employed doctors and nurses will be selected randomly over a three month period from 1st March 2017 to 31st May 2017. A “Hospital Survey On Patient Safety culture (HSOPSC) Questionnaire will be used to collect the information from the doctors and nurses. Results: Most of the respondents were staff nurse (44.0%) followed by doctors (38.0%) which were significantly higher than that of other occupation (p=0.038). Conclusion: Most of them (88.0%) opined that hospital management provides a work climate that promotes patient safety and also giving top priority to patient safety. Thus the results of this study revealed that both the hospital authority and staff are aware about the patients’ safety and are taking adequate measurements related to patients’ safety.