Safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital in the perception of healthcare professionals

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1041 - 1048
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Paloma Aparecida, Göttems, Leila Bernarda Donato, Pires, Maria Raquel Gomes Maia, de Oliveira, Maria Liz Cunha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 01-11-2015; Universidade de São Paulo
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Centros Quirúrgicos; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cultura Organizacional; Evaluación de Servicios de Salud; Female; Hospitals, Public; Humans; Job Satisfaction; Male; Middle Aged; NURSING; Operating Rooms - standards; Organizational Culture; Patient Safety; Personnel, Hospital - psychology; Safety Management; Seguridad del Paciente; Stress, Psychological; Surveys and Questionnaires; Work Engagement; Surgicenters; Centros Quirúrgicos; Health Services Evaluation; Centros de Cirurgia; Patient Safety; Seguridad del Paciente; Segurança do Paciente; Cultura Organizacional; Evaluación de Servicios de Salud; Organizational Culture; Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde
• ISSN: 0104-1169; 1518-8345; 1518-8345; 0104-1169
• DOI: 10.1590/0104-1169.0669.2647

To evaluate the perception of healthcare professionals about the safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital, large-sized, according to the domains of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ).
Descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative research, with the application of the SAQ to 226 professionals. Descriptive data analysis, instrument consistency and exploratory factor analysis.
Participants were distributed homogeneously between females (49.6%) and males (50.4%); mean age of 39.6 (SD±9.9) years and length of professional experience of 9.9 (SD ± 9.2) years. And Cronbach's α of 0.84. It was identified six domains proposed in the questionnaire: stress perception (74.5) and job satisfaction (70.7) showed satisfactory results; teamwork environment (59.1) and climate of security (48.9) presented scores below the minimum recommended (75); unit's management perceptions (44.5), hospital management perceptions (34.9) and working conditions (41.9) presented the lowest averages.
The results showed that, from the perspective of the professionals, there is weakness in the values, attitudes, skills and behaviors that determine the safety culture in a healthcare organization.