Patient safety culture in the maternal-child area of a university hospital.

Objective: To describe the safety culture of the patient from the perspective of nurses and physicians working in the maternal-child area.

Method: A cross-sectional study conducted from January to September 2018 with 41 professionals of the Obstetrics Center and obstetric hospitalization of a university hospital in the south of the country. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was used, with 12 dimensions of the safety culture, measured by means of a general score (0 to 10) and of positive answer percentages to assess strengths and weaknesses.