This study aimed to investigate the patient safety culture in Austria. We identified factors that contributed to a higher degree of patient safety and subsequently developed evidence-based suggestions on how to improve patient safety culture in hospitals. Moreover, we examined differences in the perception of patient safety culture among different professional groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study investigates the patient safety culture (PSC) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We identify factors that contribute to higher patient safety and improved reporting of adverse events, thereby developing recommendations to improve PSC.
Methods: The study used a correlation design based on cross-sectional surveys in the healthcare sector of BiH (N = 2617).
Objectives: In recent years, patient safety culture (PSC) in hospitals, including its development and measurement, has increasingly received attention in Europe. Even though several instruments have been developed for PSC measurement in European countries, there is, to date, no validated measure to assess PSC in Austria. The study at hand addresses this gap in the evidence base by psychometrically assessing the German 'Patient Safety Climate Inventory' (PaSKI) in terms of its potential suitability for the Austrian healthcare system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Measuring staff perspectives on patient safety culture (PSC) can identify areas of concern that, if addressed, could lead to improvements in healthcare. To date, there is no validated measure to assess PSC that has been tested and adapted for use in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). This research addresses the gap in the evidence through the psychometric assessment of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's: 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' (HSOPSC), to determine its suitability for the health system in BiH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIon flow velocity measurement in the edge and scraper-off layer region is beneficial to understand the confinement related phenomenon in fusion devices such as impurity transport and plays an important role in impurity control. During the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) operation phase 1.2a, a multi-channel (MC) Mach probe mounted on the multi-purpose manipulator has been used to measure radial profiles of edge ion flow velocity.
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