Patient safety culture assessment in five public hospitals of Sichuan Province: a cross-sectional study with HSOPSC 2.0

Our study reveals that the patient safety culture among healthcare professionals in Sichuan Province is at a moderate level, has not reached the expected standard. Notably, there exist significant gaps in critical domains, such as patient safety events reporting, when compared with developed regions, which underscores the imbalance in medical safety concepts across different regions. Future efforts should focus on establishing non-punitive reporting and learning mechanisms, optimize the allocation of human resources and clinical workflows, and ultimately foster a more robust and advanced PSC.