A comparative study of safety climate differences in healthcare and the petroleum industry.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this article is to compare safety climate in healthcare and the petroleum industry by collecting empirical evidence of differences between the two sectors.


METHODS
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) is used to measure the safety climate in two organisations operating in the two different sectors: (1) a large Norwegian university hospital offering a wide range of hospital services and (2) a large Norwegian petroleum company producing oil and gas worldwide.


CONCLUSIONS
Statistical analyses supported the expected hypotheses that safety climate is positively related to outcome measures and that the level on safety climate and outcome measures are generally higher in the petroleum sector. Empirical findings indicate that healthcare should learn from the petroleum industry regarding safety improvement efforts, and the implication of this is discussed in the paper.
Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Faculty of Social Sciences, Stavanger, Norway.
Espen
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Olsen
Karina
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Aase
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry / Q000592:standards*; D005246:Feedback; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000592:standards*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010578:Petroleum; D011594:Psychometrics; D017751:Safety Management
D010578:Petroleum