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Somatic Symptom Disorder among medical students in Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Reda Goweda, Marwan Adel Alshinawi, Basim Mazin Janbi, Umar Yousuf Muhammad Idrees, Raed Mohammed Babukur, Hassan Ali Alhazmi, Hani Aiash
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Evaluation of knowledge and practice of primary health care physicians regarding medication prescribing during pregnancy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2021
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Reham O. Alzahrani, Reem M. Alqahtani, Shada M. Alharbi
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The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy among women attending antenatal primary care clinics in Qatar
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Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Hanan Khudhadad, Nazmul Islam
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525033

Covid-19 in the Region

Postgraduate Hybrid E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Real Experience for Replication
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Eman I. Elmeshmeshy, Marwa Mostafa, Rehab M. Sabry, Radwa M. Elsayed
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525034

Resilience and Coping Self-Efficacy among Family Medicine Residents in times of COVID-19 pandemic: Interplay and contribution of sociodemographic, professional, lifestyle and health-related factors
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Najwa F. Aljehani, Sara Kayal, Abdulrahman M. Albeshry, Majdy M. Qutub
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Knowledge, attitude and practice among mothers toward home head trauma management in Riyadh, 2020-2021: A cross sectional study
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Deema Ibrahim Altamimi, Afnan Saleh Bamajboor, Ashwaq Ali Asiri, Yasmeen Majid Almustafa
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Total hip replacement in active elderly patients with femur neck fracture, Aden, Yemen
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Abdul Fatah Abbas Mansoor Haidarah
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Assessment of Patient Safety Culture in Abu Arish General Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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Ali Essa Tawhari, Maged El-Setouhy, Abdullah Ibrahim Sabai, Ahmed Yahia Abdaly, Abdullah Abdo Holal, Abdulaziz Mohamed Humedi, Ahmad Alhassan Mokli, Abdulmajeed Ahmed Dayili, Abdulrahman Beshi Hakami
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525043

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A case of ectopic pregnancy
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Ban Alobaidi, Russal Waseem Mohamad, Mohammed Al-Allak
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Evaluation and assessment of male infertility in Primary care; A review
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Russal Waseem Mohamad, Ban Alobaidi, Sinan Jabbar
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May 2022 - Volume 20, Issue 5

Assessment of Patient Safety Culture in Abu Arish General Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

(1) Family Medicine Resident, Joint Program of Family Medicine, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(2) Department of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(3) Department of Community, Environmental & Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo. Egypt
(4) Preventive Medicine & Public Health Consultant, Ministry of Health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(5) Family Medicine Consultant, Ministry of Health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(6) General Practitioner, Ministry of health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(7) Family Medicine Resident, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(8) Dermatology Resident, Ministry of health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(9).Urology Resident, Ministry of health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
(10) Orthopedics Resident, Ministry of health, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding author:
Dr. Ali Essa Tawhari
Email: al_tohary@hotmail.com

Received: March 2022 Accepted: April 2022; Published: May 1, 2022. Citation: Ali Essa Tawhari et al. Assessment of Patient Safety Culture in Abu Arish General Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2022; 20(5): 71-78. DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.9525043

Abstract



Background: The concept of patient’s safety culture refers to the work and the joint actions of the members of an institution or organization with respect to their ability to detect errors and address and avoid them in the future and learn from them.

Objectives: To assess safety culture in “Abu Arish” General Hospital to provide a starting point from which action planning begins and patient safety changes emerge.

Methodology: The methodology of this study was based on the guidelines provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Data were collected using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Form. Analysis of data was by Microsoft Excel and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) programs. A survey questionnaire was distributed in “Abu Arish” General Hospital to 207 health care providers, including nurses, technicians, managers and medical staff.

Results: The patient safety composites with the highest positive scores were teamwork within units (72%), organizational learning and continuous improvement (70%) and the composites with the lowest scores were non-punitive response to error (22%), staffing (32%), Handoffs & Transitions (38%), frequency of events reported (40%), communication openness (43%), hospital management support for patient safety (43%) and Teamwork Across Units (43%).

Conclusions: This study provides an overall assessment of perceptions of safety among hospital staff in a general hospital. There are areas of strengths and weakness in the patient safety culture dimensions. There are several areas for improvement, including non-punitive response to errors, staffing, hospital handoffs & transitions and error reporting.

Keywords: Patient safety, Saudi Arabia.







 


 

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