Table 4 Factors for achieving improved patient safety in the future
Response items | Based on the current level of patient safety in your county council, how important do you think the following 22 factors would be toachieve increased patient safety? | N | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very important (%) | Moderately important (%) | Slightly important (%) | Not at all important (%) | Cannot be further improved (%) | ||
Improvement in organizational culture to encourage reporting and avoid blame | 83 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
Improved communication between health care practitioners and patients | 80 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
Improved communication among health care practitioners | 78 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
Incorporation of patient safety education as a compulsory component of basic education for health care practitioners | 77 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167 |
Improved infection control, including improved hand hygiene | 64 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
Increased education/training in issues related to patient safety for health care practitioners | 60 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 165 |
Increased standardization of medical technology equipment and products | 59 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 166 |
Improved logistics concerning hospital beds and overcrowding | 52 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 166 |
Improved instruction/training concerning medical equipment | 52 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 166 |
Stronger control from top-level management | 50 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 167 |
Increased involvement by pharmacists, such as at hospital rounds | 30 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 166 |
Increased number of physicians | 24 | 60 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 166 |
More guidelines and recommended actions to guide the work of patient safety | 22 | 50 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 166 |
Increased legal requirement to carry out activities and achieve results in terms of patient safety | 22 | 44 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 166 |
Increased number of nurses | 20 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 163 |
Continued financial incentive plan for the implementation of activities, achievements, etc. | 19 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 166 |
More hospital beds | 17 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 164 |
Confidential reporting of adverse events and incidents to an independent authority | 15 | 29 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 163 |
Reduced penalty for staff who make mistakes | 14 | 22 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 163 |
Increased collaboration with researchers | 13 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 165 |
Reduced working hours for physicians | 12 | 21 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 161 |
Increased penalty for personnel who make mistakes | 2 | 6 | 38 | 49 | 6 | 159 |