Results from a study suggest three organizational factors are significantly correlated with healthcare professionals' attitudes toward patient safety, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
For their study, researchers collected survey feedback from 2,314 professionals, including nurses, physicians and other personnel. Researchers found three overarching themes affected professionals' attitude toward and compliance to patient safety:
1. Greater staff engagement was tied to better knowledge scores, hand hygiene practices, fewer reported barriers and more positive attitudes.
2. Greater hospital leadership was associated with better hand hygiene practices, fewer reported barriers and more positive attitudes.
3. Higher overwhelmed/stress-chaos scores were associated with poorer reported prevention practices, more barriers and less positive attitudes.
For their study, researchers collected survey feedback from 2,314 professionals, including nurses, physicians and other personnel. Researchers found three overarching themes affected professionals' attitude toward and compliance to patient safety:
1. Greater staff engagement was tied to better knowledge scores, hand hygiene practices, fewer reported barriers and more positive attitudes.
2. Greater hospital leadership was associated with better hand hygiene practices, fewer reported barriers and more positive attitudes.
3. Higher overwhelmed/stress-chaos scores were associated with poorer reported prevention practices, more barriers and less positive attitudes.
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