title: [Opinion of healthcare professionals on patient safety in a primary level hospital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the patient safety (PS) culture perceived by health professionals of the Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves (HUVN) in Granada.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive cross-sectional study of professionals working in HUVN using the Spanish version of the questionnaire Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture (AHRQ), in July-August 2008. The sample size was estimated as 476 surveys (included 60% losses).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 62.8% (299 questionnaires). In the previous 12 months, 90.2% of professionals had not notified any adverse event (AE). The average perception of PS was 6.57 ± 1.82 (scale 0-10). Teamwork in the unit for PS was the best rated dimension (66.9%). There was a positive correlation (c. Pearson) between the perception of PS and the years that professionals had worked in specialisation (0.21), hospital (0.197) and unit (0.138), respectively (all, p < 0.05). According to category, the physicians have reported an AE with a likelihood 32.26 times greater than the assistants and technicians (p < 0.05). The PS perception dimension was viewed favourably by 34.1%. The management support (3.7%) and staffing (9%) were the main areas for improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The perception of PS at HUVN is good, even if the communication of errors is poor. The main area for improvement is a non-punitive communication of errors. It is advisable to promote a campaign to raise public awareness of the problem, to perform training programs for professionals and to implement systems for recording adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España. manuela.skodova.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skodová
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Velasco Rodríguez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernández Sierra
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012449:Safety; D017751:Safety Management; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires