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Table 5 Twelve dimensions of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture

From: Effects of auditing patient safety in hospital care: design of a mixed-method evaluation

Dimensions of patient safety culture [31],[32]

1.

Teamwork across hospital departments

2.

Teamwork within departments

3.

Hospital handovers and transitions

4.

Frequency of event reporting

5.

Non-punitive response to error

6.

Openness of communication

7.

Feedback and communication about error

8.

Organisational learning – continuous improvement

9.

Supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting patient safety

10.

Hospital management support for patient safety

11.

Staffing

12.

Overall perceptions of safety