Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety in Turkish Hospital  

作　　者：Aysegul Yildirim Kaptanoglu Emre isci Serpil Kaplan Yalcinkaya 

机构地区：[1]Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey [2]Bagcllar Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

出　　处：《Chinese Business Review》2012年第8期760-766,共7页中国经济评论（英文版）

摘　　要：Patient safety is an important component of risk management in hospitals. The aim of the study is to measure physician and nurse awareness about four selected patient safety indicators by authors and events reported about these relevant indicators in the hospital. The study uses standardized four patientsafety indicators like ＂needle sticks, cut wounds, dressing allergy, infections indicators＂. Cross section study was conducted through three month period in 2011-2012 based on voluntary response to the questionnaire that intend to measure knowledge about four health indicators. Studypopulations consisted of accessible sample of 146 different specialty physicians and 108 nurses present on duty during survey period. The association between the patient safety indicators and events reported about indicators in questionswere analyzed. Meanpatient safety knowledge questionnaire scores of health staff （nurse and physician） for needle sticks, cut wounds, dressing allergy, infections indicators were 47.13（11.8）, 39.04（14.5）, 38.02（10.5）, 39.72（9.7）, respectively. Significant statistical differences were also found between the frequency of events reported according to department and patient safety indicators （F = 8.34; p 〈 0.05） Measuring patient safety culture via safety indicators is essential in improving patient safety. This matter is perfectly influence the financial management of the hospital.

关 键 词：patient safety risk management hospital management safety indicators 

分 类 号：TS106.67[轻工技术与工程—纺织工程] TP393.08[轻工技术与工程—纺织科学与工程]