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    Patient safety culture: assessment of nurses’ perceptions in Palestinian Hospitals
    (Al-Quds University, 2024-05-23) Deya Faraj Mahmoud Bani Odeh; ضياء فرج محمود بني عودة
    Patient safety in healthcare organizations attracted international attention following the publication of the Institute of Medicine's seminal study, "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System,". Where it was estimated that medical mistakes cause 44,000–98,000 patient deaths in US hospitals each year. Comparable rates of mistake and preventable injury have been shown in several research investigations conducted in numerous contemporary health systems worldwide. "Safety Culture" has been recognized as a critical component of healthcare organizations' capacity to learn from mistakes and lessen patients' avoidable injury as a result of receiving medical care. There is increasing interest in evaluating safety culture in healthcare organizations due to the belief that it improves patient safety and has an effect on patient outcomes. One of the most often used techniques for evaluating safety culture is the use of safety climate surveys. These surveys are intended to aid in gauging the opinions of healthcare professionals about the general safety culture, or "safety climate," in their workplaces. This thesis looked on patient safety climate in Palestinian hospitals since no valid nor trustworthy survey tools nor safety climate surveys have been done at public hospitals in the state. Study aim: To assess nurses perception toward patient safety culture in Palestinian hospitals, as well as the factors of its adoption of a positive patient safety culture from the perspective of nurses. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 318 nurses from different Palestinian hospitals using a convenience sampling method was carried out to achieve the objectives of the study. In terms of usability, applicability, and reliability qualities, the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) was determined to be the most suitable for this study. It underwent a little amount of adjustment throughout its pilot testing. Results: Out of 42 questions, 9 have been found to have an impact on nurses' views of safety; these items had an average of ≥70% favorable replies. Of the forty-two questions, 32 had average favorable answers of > 50%, indicating that there is an area for improvement in this area of the instruction. The remaining item scored less than 50% or below average for positive responses, and so were considered areas for improvement. In general, all Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) domains were identified as areas in need of improvement. Conclusions: It is recommended that future studies of patient safety culture and climate combine quantitative and qualitative methods as well as take a system-wide approach to inform safety climate theory and questionnaire development in order to strengthen the frameworks guiding safety culture research and practice.