Factors affecting the patient safety climate in military hospitals

The improvement of patient safety is a universal necessity. Also, one of the components that plays an important role in improving the level of patient safety in hospitals is patient safety climate. The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting the patient safety climate in the military hospitals of Kerman city, Iran.

The present study was an analytical study, using a factor analysis model, conducted in 2015 in the military hospitals of Kerman. The sample size was 200 people of nursing staff in the mentioned hospitals. Data was collected through a questionnaire. The criterion for data analysis was an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.

Nine effective factors on patient safety climate were extracted ─including supervisors' attitudes, management support for patient safety, non-punitive responses to error, team collaboration, medical care safety, workload, error management, employee empowerment, and communications.

The dimensions of the patient safety climate can be different in the variety of environments and the impact of each dimension on that can be also varied in hospitals