<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_FON-2019-0041_s_006_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>To investigate the patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy in parts of tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou, China.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0041_s_007_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>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.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0041_s_008_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>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).</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0041_s_009_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>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.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo investigate the patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy in parts of tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou, China.MethodsA 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.ResultsThe 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).ConclusionsThe 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.

Patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional survey

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo investigate the patient safety culture regarding intravenous therapy in parts of tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou, China.MethodsA cross-sectional...

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

Keywords
intravenous therapy, patient, safety culture, survey, hospital

© 2019 C.-H. Ji et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Keywordsintravenous therapy, patient, safety culture, survey, hospital

© 2019 C.-H. Ji et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
intravenous therapy, patient, safety culture, survey, hospital