Perception of nursing and medical professionals on patient safety in neonatal intensive care units.

Objective: To describe patient safety in the perception of nursing and medical professionals of neonatal intensive care units.

Method: Exploratory and descriptive study with a qualitative approach, using the instrument Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for data collection. Twenty-eight nursing and medical professionals of three neonatal intensive care units in the city of Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, participated in the study, from 2013 to 2015.