title: Professional attitudes toward patient safety culture in a bone marrow transplant unit.
abstract: Objective To identify the attitude of health professionals toward the patient safety culture at a bone marrow transplant unit. Methods Quantitative research approach, cross-sectional survey conducted at a bone marrow transplant unit in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Data were collected using a Safety Attitudes Questionnaire with 33 health professionals in August and September of 2013. A total of 37 attitudes were assessed according to six safety dimensions of patient safety culture. Data were analysed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics, ANOVA and the Kruskal-Wallis test with a p value equal to or under 0.05. Results Attitudes regarding the dimension "job satisfaction" were positive for the patient safety culture, and there was a significant difference between the professionals in this dimension (p-value 0.05). The other dimensions were not assessed positively. Conclusion The attitudes of health professionals toward patient safety must be strengthened.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Florianópolis, Prefeitura Municipal de Florianópolis, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vivian Costa
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Fermo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, UFSC, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Radünz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, UFSC, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciana Martins da
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 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; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D017751:Safety Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires