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Patient safety culture in primary health care

The aim of this study was to analyze the attitudes that demonstrate the safety culture by the professionals of the Family Health Strategy and Community Health Agents Program. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire was applied with 96 professional of the Nursing Team and Community Health Agents in Florianopolis city, in order to evaluate nine safety attitudes. Teamwork Climate, Working Conditions, Communication and Perceptions of Management presented a p-value <0.05, showing significance for the patient safety culture. However, these same four safety attitudes were assessed differently by the Community Health Agents in relation to the nurses and nursing technicians. In the sample analyzed, the attitude Patient Safety was considered the most important by the three professional categories, and the variable with less relevance for these categories was the Error attitude.

Culture; Safety; Primary healthcare; Nursing team


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