Patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional survey
Article Category: Original article
Published Online: Dec 31, 2019
Page range: 335 - 340
Received: May 14, 2019
Accepted: Jul 02, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2019-0041
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Objective
To investigate the patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy in parts of tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou, China.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted. A total of 333 medical staffs members from eight hospitals in Guangzhou were included in our study using convenience sampling. An evaluation about the patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy was conducted.
Results
The summarized results show that the total and level one items’ scores are greater than 4.3 points (the full mark is 5 points). The lowest scoring of the five level one items is for the hospital’s security resources (4.53±0.526), and the highest is for the hospital’s safety management commitment (4.65±0.445). Among the 25 secondary entries, the four lowest-scoring entries are “doctors who can master the knowledge of drug efficacy and adverse reactions” (4.44±0.622), “doctors who can master the knowledge of the choice of medicine” (4.45±0.621), “a guarantee of sufficient human resources” (4.46±0.647), and “doctors who can master the knowledge related to the observation and complications with the treatment of intravenous therapy operation” (4.435±0.634).
Conclusions
The patient safety culture regarding intravenous treatment in parts of tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou is promising, but there are still shortcomings, including the need to increase relevant resources, such as equipment facilities, training resources, and especially human input.