Patient safety culture in intensive care units: perspective of health professionals.

Objective: To identify the patient safety culture in intensive care units.

Method: This qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study was conducted with five physicians, five nurses and 24 nursing technicians working in the intensive care units of two hospitals in the South of Brazil: one public and one philanthropic. Semi-structured interviews were held in September and October 2016 and analyzed using discursive textual analysis.