Trends in the Staff's Perception of Patient Safety Culture in Romanian Hospitals.

Introduction: The IRIS-2 project (2019) expanded the application of the HSOPSC in Romanian hospitals, yet applied, for the first time in the country, in 2014 (IRIS-1). The aim is an update on patient safety culture for staff, by geographic region and overall, by year of survey.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in voluntary staff in four hospitals in four regions (n.

Psychometric Properties of the Romanian Version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS).

Objective: To explore psychometrics of the Romanian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) released by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2004.

Material And Methods: The original US survey with 12 composites and 42 items was translated (back translation method), pre-tested on a few staff and then minimally adjusted. A qualitative cross-sectional study was carried out in units from six hospitals in four Romanian regions, based on the census of medical and non-medical staff (n.

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.

Measuring Patient Safety Culture in Romania Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC).

Unlabelled: Purpose To explore patient safety culture among Romanian staff, using the U.S. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC).

5 -year complex clinical and histopathological follow-up of a case of early gastric carcinoma (signet ring cells type).

The paper presents the case of a male patient, hospitalized for acute abdomen due to perforated callous ulcer. Though the clinical appearance suggested a benign pathology, the histopathological exam of the resection piece showed multicentric early gastric carcinoma, signet ring cell type. At the patient's request, total gastrectomy was not performed, a conservative solution being chosen instead.