Practices Used to Improve Patient Safety Culture Among Healthcare Professionals in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Introduction: A patient safety culture primarily refers to the values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors within a healthcare setup in a community that assists in prioritizing patient safety and encouraging the reporting of errors and near-misses in that facility. There is a direct impact of patient safety culture on how well patient safety and quality improvement programs work. The aim of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to investigate the practices to improve patient safety culture and adverse event reporting practices among healthcare professionals in a tertiary care hospital located in Mirpur Azad Jammu and Kashmir.