Survey on patient safety culture in the Republic of Moldova: a baseline study in three healthcare settings.

Background And Aims: The Republic of Moldova is a small ex-soviet country in the Central Eastern European group of states, whose official language is Romanian. In countries with limited resources, quality improvement in healthcare and patient safety are very challenging. This study aims to identify which areas of the patient safety culture (PSC) need prompt intervention.

Experimenting the hospital survey on patient safety culture in prevention facilities in Italy: psychometric properties.

Objective: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) was designed to assess staff views on patient safety culture in hospital. This study examines psychometrics of the Italian translation of the HSOPS for use in territorial prevention facilities.

Design: After minimal adjustments and pre-test of the Italian version, a qualitative cross-sectional study was carried out.

[Assessment of the impact over one year of a workplace health promotion programme in the province of Bergamo].

Objectives: To estimate short-term effects of integrated health promotion in the workplace within the framework of the Bergamo WHP (Workplace Health Promotion) network, which involves 94 companies and about 21,000 workers.

Methods: A controlled non-randomized, before-after evaluation was carried out. Data were collected through anonymous questionnaires before (t0) and after participation in a 12-month health promotion programme (t1).