QSHC

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS REGISTER


[Advanced]
Quality and Safety in Health Care 2006;15:405-408; doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.018424
Copyright © 2006 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this link to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Add article to my folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Castle, N G
Right arrow Articles by Sonon, K E
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Castle, N G
Right arrow Articles by Sonon, K E
Topic Collections
Right arrowRelated Article

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A culture of patient safety in nursing homes

N G Castle, K E Sonon

Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Correspondence to:
N G Castle
A640 Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; CastleN{at}pitt.edu Background: Few accounts of patient safety initiatives in nursing homes exist.

Objective: To (1) determine safety culture scores for nursing homes and (2) compare these results with existing data from hospitals.

Methods: Data were collected from a nationally representative sample of nursing homes (n = 2840 completed surveys and a response rate of 71%). From these nursing homes, administrators completed The Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) instrument.

Results: 11 of the 12 HSOPSC subscale scores from the nursing home sample were considerably lower than the benchmark hospital scores. In addition, almost all item scores from nursing homes were considerably lower than the benchmark hospital scores. These results indicate that a less well-developed safety culture exists in nursing homes.

Conclusions: The results clearly show that the patient safety culture scores of nursing homes are considerably lower than those of hospitals. Residents of nursing homes may be at risk of harm as a result of patient safety errors.

Abbreviations: HSOPSC, Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture; JCAHO, Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; OSCAR, On-line Survey Certification And Recording


Related Article

Quality Lines
David P Stevens
Qual. Saf. Health Care 2006 15: 385. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]



This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 BMJHome page
US nursing homes less safe than hospitals
BMJ, January 13, 2007; 334(7584): 68 - 68.
[Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS REGISTER
Terms and conditions relating to subscriptions purchased online  ¦  Website terms and conditions  ¦  Privacy policy
Copyright © 2006 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.