Assessment of patient safety culture and associated factors among healthcare professionals in public hospitals of Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A mixed-methods study
This study concludes that the patient safety culture in the studied hospitals is suboptimal, falling below the acceptable threshold. Enhancing resource availability, providing continuous patient safety training, improving communication systems, and fostering a supportive management environment are essential steps towards building a safer healthcare system.
Authors
- Gebremariam Getaneh
- Daniel Atinafu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3457-8544)
- Getachew Setotaw
Institutions
- Bahir Dar University (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313321
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.21
Funders
- Bahir Dar University