• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.379-388
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to evaluate patient safety culture in nursing homes and to test its validity and reliability. Methods: A preliminary tool was developed through interviews with focus group, content validity tests, and a pilot study. A nationwide survey was conducted from February to April, 2011, using self-report questionnaires. Participants were 982 employees in nursing homes. Data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, item analysis, factor analysis, and multitrait/multi-Item analysis. Results: From the results of the analysis, 27 final items were selected from 49 items on the preliminary tool. Items with low correlation with total scale were excluded. The 4 factors sorted by factor analysis contributed 63.4% of the variance in the total scale. The factors were labeled as leadership, organizational system, working attitude, management practice. Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency was .95 and the range for the 4 factors was from .86 to .93. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the Korean Patient Safety Culture Scale has reliability and validity and is suitable for evaluation of patient safety culture in Korean nursing homes.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.321-334
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• 2007

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to understand and compare perception and experience between clinical staffs(nurses and pharmacists) and Quality Improvement managers. Method: A qualitative study was conducted with 14 clinical staffs and QI managers who are working at tertiary hospitals in Korea. Interviews were recorded and transcribed for systematic analyses of qualitative data. Results: Most critically, while QI managers acknowledged that establishment of the patient safety culture and reduction of medical errors are urgent tasks for QI effort, clinical staffs don't seem to share such perceptions. All participants agree that staff shortage and no compliance to safety procedures were major reasons for medical error occurrences. Many suggested that an organizational culture where errors were perceived as a systematic problems rather than individual failures or carelessness should be formed to promote voluntary reporting of medical errors. Conclusion: A more systematic effort and attention at the hospital leadership and public policy level should be promoted to constitute societal consensus on the urgence of promoting patient safety culture and more specific approaches to tackle the patient safety problems.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2022

Purpose : The study was to promote patient safety by analyzing the effect of dental hygienist's perception of patient safety culture on infection control activities. Methods : The study is based on a survey of 210 dental hygienists in total working in dental settings. To find out infection control activities according to patient safety culture awareness, there were 6 general characteristics, 3 teamwork within the department, 2 infection control systems, 4 surface management, 9 equipment washing, disinfection, and laundry management, 4 infectious wastes, and 3 personal protection phrases.The data was analyzed using the SPSS version 20.0, and p<.05 was adopted to decide on significance. Results : The longer dental hygienists have worked n the dental settings, the more active they become in infection control activities. Among the different types of dental care settings, general (university) hospitals had the largest number of infection control activities, followed by dental clinics, and network dental clinics, in descending order. The dental settings possessing a higher number of dental hygienists were found to conduct more infection control activities than other dental settings. In addition, it was found that when a dental setting adopts a patient safety policy across all the units in the hospital, more systems and procedures for patient safety tend to be established, and that stricter management response to error leads to improvement of infection control activities. Conclusion :In order to enhance infection control activities, infection control activity programs should develop and implement periodic reinforcement of infection control education. regular monitoring of infection control activities.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.52-65
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• 2019

Purpose: Outbreaks resulting from medication injections have recently been on the rise in Korea despite various established guidelines. The objective of this study was to assess the degree to which healthcare professionals are aware of safe injection practice guidelines and to account for the adherence to and the deviation from safe injection guidelines formulated by healthcare providers. Methods: In November 2016, a cross-sectional anonymous questionnaire covering general characteristics of injections, patient safety culture, awareness of safe injection practices, and adherence to and barriers to safe injection guidelines was issued to healthcare providers who administer medication injections or manage and supervise these injections (N=550). Multivariate logistic regression analysis via enter method was performed to define the influencing factors of adherence of safe injection practices. Results: On average, respondents adhere to 17 of the 24 guidelines. Multivariate logistic regression found that those who were more likely to adhere to safe injection guidelines either underwent a patient safety training experience within the last year, provided care in a setting characterized by a highly developed patient safety culture, or were employed as physicians or nurses, as opposed to some other type of care provider. Barriers to safe injection guidelines were attributable to; thoughts of waste to discard leftover medicine, provisions that made adherence cumbersome, a weak culture of compliance, and insufficient amounts of injectable medicine, products, and education. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that controllable factors like training experience of healthcare providers and patient safety culture were positively associated with adherence to safe injection practices. It was suggested that the training of healthcare providers on safe injection practices be a continuous process to promote patient safety. Additionally, there should be an increased focus on developing and implementing policies to improve patient safety culture from a prevention rather than post-management perspective.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

This study is a narrative review introducing global trends in patient safety education within medical schools and exploring the status of Korean education. Core competences for patient safety include patient centeredness, teamwork, evidence- and information-based practice, quality improvement, addressing medical errors, managing human factors and system complexity, and patient safety knowledge and responsibility. According to a Korean report addressing the role of doctors, patient safety was described as a subcategory of clinical care. Doctors' roles in patient safety included taking precautions, educating patients about the side effects of drugs, and implementing rapid treatment and appropriate follow-up when patient safety is compromised. The Korean Association of Medical Colleges suggested patient safety competence as one of eight essential human and society-centered learning outcomes. They included appropriate attitude and knowledge, human factors, a systematic approach, teamwork skills, engaging with patients and carers, and dealing with common errors. Four Korean medical schools reported integration of a patient safety course in their preclinical curriculum. Studies have shown that students experience difficulty in reporting medical errors because of hierarchical culture. It seems that patient safety is considered in a narrow sense and its education is limited in Korea. Patient safety is not a topic for dealing with only adverse events, but a science to prevent and detect early system failure. Patient safety emphasizes patient perspectives, so it has a different paradigm of medical ethics and professionalism, which have doctor-centered perspectives. Medical educators in Korea should understand patient safety concepts to implement patient safety curriculum. Further research should be done on communication in hierarchical culture and patient safety education during clerkship.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2018

최근 환자안전에 대한 관심이 점점 증가하고 환자안전 문제의 심각성이 대두되고 있는 시점에서 의료계의 환자안전에 관한 다양한 연구가 융합되어 많은 활동이 이루어지고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 의료기관에서 근무하는 다양한 직종의 의료종사자들의 환자안전 문화에 대한 인식을 측정하고 유용한 지표로 활용되고자 시도하였다. 의료종사자 총 180명을 대상으로 부서(병동) 및 병원의 환자안전 문화 인식, 직속상관/관리자, 의사소통과 절차, 환자안전 사건보고, 가장 위험하다고 생각되는 환자안전 사고에 관해 평가한 결과, 부서(병동)의 환자안전 문화 인식 영역은 보건직, 직속상관/관리자 영역은 간호직이 높은 결과를 나타냈고, 방사선사와 물리치료사는 낙상, 임상병리사와 간호사는 검사 전 중 후 오류를 가장 위험한 환자안전 사고로 인식하였다. 따라서 환자안전 문화 인식을 높이기 위해 경영진 및 실무자는 적절한 인력 확보, 직원 간 또는 부서 간 협조 시스템 및 안전관리 활동에 필요한 동기 부여에 더 많은 노력을 기울여야 할 것이다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.80-95
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• 2015

Objectives : A safety culture is the bedrock for all patient safety improvement initiatives; thus, many resources have been invested in measuring hospital culture. However, many of these endeavors have failed to yield meaningful results. This article proposes a practical checklist to ensure successful administration of a safety culture survey and describes current methodologies for analyzing survey results to develop safety improvement programs. Methods : We reviewed currently used safety culture surveys and summarized their strengths and weaknesses. We also reviewed studies using safety culture surveys and found several pitfalls leading to failure in survey administration. With this information, we developed a checklist that covers critical items in the survey process. We also reviewed newly developed methodologies for survey results analysis and application and described them using the Korean version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as an example. Results : The checklist consists of three steps: survey preparation, administration, and analysis and application. Each step contains clear action items. The content even describes how to get buy-in from hospital executives and manage communication channels with them. Also, common misunderstandings regarding survey scores are described and possible solutions are suggested. In the analysis section, we demonstrate new methods for obtaining more accurate survey results and how to utilize these methods to develop and implement hospital-wide safety improvement programs. Conclusion : A successful safety culture survey is the foundation of all future safety improvement projects. This review is intended to guide hospitals in enhancing safety.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2019

본 연구는 요양병원 간호사의 환자안전문화 인식, 표준주의 지식 및 수행도와의 관계를 파악하기 위해 실시된 서술적 조사연구이다. 요양병원 간호사 134명을 대상으로 2018년 1월 2일부터 6월 4일까지 자료수집이 이루어졌으며, 수집된 자료 분석은 SPSS/WIN 21.0프로그램을 이용하여 t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient으로 하였다. 환자안전문화 인식은 표준주의 지식(r=.192, p=.027), 표준주의 수행도(r=.211, p=.014)와 유의한 양의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 요양병원 간호사의 환자안전문화 정착과 표준주의 수행 증진을 위해서는 체계적인 교육을 통해 표준주의 지식을 함양하고 긍정적인 환자안전문화를 조성할 수 있도록 하여 그 속에서 환자안전과 의료관련감염 관리의 중요성을 스스로 인식하고 실천하도록 해야 갈 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5196-5205
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• 2012

목적 : 본 연구는 간호사와 치위생사의 환자안전문화에 대한 인식수준을 파악하기 위해 시행되었다. 방법 : 2010년 9월부터 12월까지 부산, 경남지역의 병원에 종사하는 간호사와 치위생사 399명을 대상으로 환자안전문화 인식 도구를 사용하여 설문조사가 시행되었으며, 수집된 자료는 SPSS 프로그램을 사용하여 평균과 표준편차, t-test와 ANOVA, Scheffe test, spearman 상관관계분석을 시행하였다. 결과 : 환자안전문화에 대한 인식을 조사한 결과, 간호사는 3.48점, 치위생사는 3.51점으로 나타났다. 세부 영역에서 차이를 보인 항목은, '부서내 안전문화에 대한 인식' 영역 중 '직원배치'(t=2.841, p<.01), '직속상관 관리 태도'(t=-2.471, p<.05), '사고에 대한 피드백과 의사소통'(t=-3.356, p<.01)으로 나타났다. 간호사와 치위생사에게서 환자안전문화에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 연령과 경력 주당 근무시간이었다. 결론 : 간호사와 치위생사의 환자안전문화 인식수준은 중간정도 수준으로, 환자안전문화 인식수준에 영향을 미치는 연령, 경력, 주당 근무시간 등이 고려된 접근과 적절한 근무시간 정착이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.118-127
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify experiences of incidents and to explore the perceptions of Patient Safety Culture between two groups using nursing homes in Korea; employees and patients and their families. Methods: In 2010 in-depth interviews were used to collect data from 56 participants (38 employees, and 18 patients and family members). The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Results: The analysis scheme resulting from employees' data consisted of 7 categories and 22 subcategories, after 216 significant statements were analyzed and categorized. The 7 categories were education and training (24.5%), working attitude (23.6%), organizational system (19.0%), job satisfaction (18.5%), institutional environment (6.5%), manager leadership (4.2%), and work climate (4.7%). The analysis scheme resulting from patient and family data consisted of 6 categories and 7 subcategories after 24 significant statements were analyzed and categorized. Education and training among categories of employees were excluded. Conclusion: These findings indicate that an evaluation tool for patient safety culture should be developed for nursing homes in Korea.