title: Patient safety culture in a bone marrow transplantation unit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  evaluate the patient safety culture in the perspective of health professionals from a bone marrow transplantation unit of an oncology research center, at a reference hospital for cancer treatment in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  a quantitative cross-sectional study that used the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire was conducted between August and September 2013. The study analyzed 33 professional surveys. Statistical data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  among the dimensions analyzed, only "job satisfaction" reached a mean score above 75, considered positive in terms of patient safety culture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the dimensions of safety culture present in the survey have to be valued by professionals and managers to allow safe patient care.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vivian Costa
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Fermo
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Radünz
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciana Martins
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: da Rosa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Monique Mendes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Marinho
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017751:Safety Management