Vojnosanitetski pregled 2016 Volume 73, Issue 8, Pages: 714-722
https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP141231137B
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Adverse event reporting in Slovenia - the influence of safety culture, supervisors and communication
Birk Karin (University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Pađen Ljubiša (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Markič Mirko (University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, Primorska, Slovenia)
Background/Aim. The provision of safe healthcare is considered a priority in
European Union (EU) member states. Along with other preventative measures in
healthcare, the EU also strives to eliminate the “causes of harm to human
health”. The aim of this survey was to determine whether safety culture,
supervisors and communication between co-workers influence the number of
adverse event reports submitted to the heads of clinical departments and to
the management of an institution. Methods. This survey is based on
cross-sectional analysis. It was carried out in the largest Slovenian
university hospital. We received 235 completed questionnaires. Respondents
included professionals in the fields of nursingcare, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy and radiological technology. Results. Safety culture
influences the number of adverse event reports submitted to the head of a
clinical department from the organizational point of view. Supervisors and
communication between co-workers do not influence the number of adverse event
reports. Conclusion. It can be concluded that neither supervisors nor the
level of communication between co-workers influence the frequency of adverse
event reporting, while safety culture does influence it from an
organizational point of view. The presumed factors only partly influence the
number of submitted adverse event reports, thus other causes of
under-reporting must be sought elsewhere.
Keywords: patient safety, medical staff, communication, culture, Slovenia