title: Patient safety culture at Neonatal Intensive Care Units: perspectives of the nursing and medical team.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the assessment of the patient safety culture according to the function and length of experience of the nursing and medical teams at Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantitative survey undertaken at four Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florianópolis, Brazil. The sample totaled 141 subjects. The data were collected between February and April 2013 through the application of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. For analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-Square tests and Cronbach's Alpha coefficient were used. Approval for the research project was obtained from the Ethics Committee, CAAE: 05274612.7.0000.0121.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Differences in the number of positive answers to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, the safety grade and the number of reported events were found according to the professional characteristics. A significant association was found between a shorter Length of work at the hospital and Length of work at the unit and a larger number of positive answers; longer length of experience in the profession represented higher grades and less reported events. The physicians and nursing technicians assessed the patient safety culture more positively. Cronbach's alpha demonstrated the reliability of the instrument.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The differences found reveal a possible relation between the assessment of the safety culture and the subjects' professional characteristics at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andréia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomazoni
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrícia Kuerten
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jane Cristina
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Anders
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hamilton Filipe Correia
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: de Malfussi
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D009729:Nursing; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010348:Patient Care Team; D061214:Patient Safety