Hospital safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents
American Journal of Infection ControlPublished 1 June 2000Open access
Robyn Gershon, Christine Karkashian, James W. Grosch, Lawrence R. Murphy, Antonio Escamilla-Cejudo, Patricia A. Flanagan
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Hospital safety climate with regards to bloodborne pathogens can be measured by using a short, 20-question scale that measures 6 separate dimensions and can be a useful tool for evaluating hospital employees' perceptions regarding their organization'sBloodborne pathogens management program.
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Hospital safety climate with regards to bloodborne pathogens can be measured by using a short, 20-question scale that measures 6 separate dimensions. Whereas all 6 dimensions are essential elements of overall safety climate, 3 dimensions are significantly correlated with compliance, and 1 dimension (senior management support) is especially significant with regard to both compliance and exposure incidents. This short safety climate scale can be a useful tool for evaluating hospital employees' perceptions regarding their organization's bloodborne pathogens management program. In addition, because this scale measures specific dimensions of the safety climate, it can be used to target problem areas and guide the development of intervention strategies to reduce occupational exposure incidents to blood and other body fluids.
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