Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Dental Hospitals in the Twin cities, Pakistan
Ghina Rizwan, Zarnab Rizwan, Usman Anwer Bhatti, Muhammad Muhammad, Mariyah Javed, Faisal Liaqat Rana
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ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of our research is
to evaluate the patient safety culture at Islamabad and Rawalpindi teaching
hospitals.
Materials
and methods: A validated and slightly modified
questionnaire was sent as a google forms link via WhatsApp and email to
different teaching dental hospitals in the twin cities. The returned
questionnaires were examined with IBM's statistical package for social sciences
(version 22).).
Results: 139 complete questionnaires were analyzed and results were calculated
as average positive and average negative responses.
Conclusion: This pilot study demonstrated that degree of
patient safety in general in the Hospitals of Pakistan was acceptable. The
number of incident reports were very low. Many participants also stated that
the hospital is only concerned about patient safety after an unfavorable
incident occurs., but they also reported that mistakes always lead to positive
outcomes and the departments coordinate well with each other.
Key words: Patient safety, incident reports, dental
teaching hospital.