Patient safety culture in critical and non-critical areas: a comparative study.

Objective: to compare the perception of patient safety culture among health workers from critical and non-critical areas.

Method: cross-sectional study with health workers from critical and non-critical areas of a large hospital. Data collection used a characterization instrument and the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire.

Occupational stress, burnout and patient safety culture among workers from critical care and non critical care units in a hospital in Brazil.

Objectives: To evaluate the relationship among occupational stress, burnout and the perception of patient safety culture in health workers in critical care compared to non critical care units.

Research Methodology: A cross-sectional study with health workers in the critical care and non critical care units of a university public hospital in Brazil. Data were collected using the Demographic and Labour Profile Questionnaire, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, Job Stress Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.