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. 2019 Oct 15;6(4):396-404.
doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2019.4.396. eCollection 2019.

Assessment of patient safety measures in governmental hospitals in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed AwadElkarim Mohamed Ibrahim  1 , Osman Babiker Osman  1 , Waled Amen Mohammed Ahmed  2
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Assessment of patient safety measures in governmental hospitals in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed AwadElkarim Mohamed Ibrahim et al. AIMS Public Health. .

Abstract

Background/objective: There is a need for patient safety in healthcare settings, WHO recommended an intergradation of patient safety in the curriculum of health specialties. This study aimed to assess the application patient safety measures at governmental hospitals in Al-Baha region.

Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. It was conducted at Al-Baha governmental hospitals, 2017-2018. The data was collected using a pretested, modified and validated questionnaire, a convenience sampling technique was used among 115 health care providers (doctors and nurses). The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 22.

Results: The study showed that most of participants have previous training on patient safety and about 81.7% of them had heard about global aims of patient safety. The level of application of patient safety at Al-Baha governmental hospitals was 106 (92.2%) as very often. The findings showed that there are no significant influencing factors on application of patient safety.

Conclusion: The application of patient safety in Al-Baha governmental hospitals was very high. There are no significant influencing factors for the application status of patient safety measures in Al-Baha governmental hospitals.

Keywords: Al-Baha; application; health care providers; hospital; patient safety.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: We declare that this study is an original work. We also declare that we have no conflict of interests related to it.

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