Search for dissertations about: "safety culture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 98 swedish dissertations containing the words safety culture.

  2. 6. Patient safety culture in hospital settings : Measurements, health care staff perceptions and suggestions for improvement

    Author : Anna Nordin; Kersti Theander; Bodil Wilde-Larsson; Gun Nordström; Anne-Marie Boström; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; patient safety culture; S-HSOPSC; HSOPSC; psychometric testing; managers; health care staff; nursing; S-HSOPSC; patientsäkerhetskultur; psykometri; organisation; sjukvård; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The aim was to psychometrically test the S-HSOPSC and HSOPSC, investigate health care staff’s perceptions of patient safety culture and their suggestions for improvement.Methods: A three-time cross-sectional study with data from health care staff (N= 3721) in a Swedish county council was conducted in 2009 (N = 1,023), 2011 (N = 1,228) and 2013 (N =1,470) using the S-HSOPSC (I, II, III). READ MORE

  4. 7. Failure-Free Pharmacies? : An Exploration of Dispensing Errors and Safety Culture in Swedish Community Pharmacies

    Author : Annika Nordén-Hägg; Åsa Kettis-Lindblad; Sofia Kälvemark-Sporrong; Peter Noyce; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : pharmacy; quality; dispensing errors; safety culture; safety climate; Sweden;

    Abstract : Quality in pharmacies includes aspects such as error management and safety issues. The objective of this thesis was to explore these aspects of quality in Swedish community phar-macies. The specific aims were to compare a paper-based and a web-based reporting system for dispensing errors, regarding reporting behaviour and data quality. READ MORE

  5. 8. Evaluating the ISM code using port state control statistics

    Author : Max Mejia; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; maritime safety; human element; International Safety Management Code; ISM Code; safety culture; port state control; maritime safety legislation;

    Abstract : The history of modern maritime safety legislation at the international level is relatively young. Its beginnings are generally associated with the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, a tragedy that resulted in the adoption by an international conference of the first of what was to become a series of versions (1914, 1929, 1948, 1960, 1974) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). READ MORE

  6. 9. Learning for safety: Improvements of Swedish authorities’ toolkits for societal resilience

    Author : Jonas Borell; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Societal safety; Crisis management; Emergency management; Learning; Evaluation; Exercise; Risk assessment; Safety culture;

    Abstract : This thesis suggests improvements of selected parts of the Swedish authorities’ toolkits for societal safety and crisis management; crisis response evaluations, crisis management exercises and organizational risk assessments. The thesis also explores how visualizations of safety culture data can be used to support safety culture development. READ MORE

  7. 10. Measures of Patient Safety : Studies of Swedish Reporting Systems and Evaluation of an Intervention Aimed at Improved Patient Safety Culture

    Author : Annica Öhrn; Hans Rutberg; Per Nilsen; Michael Soop; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : Unsafe health care delivery results in millions of patients suffering from injuries or death worldwide. A Swedish study estimated the prevalence of preventable adverse events as high as 8.6% in hospital care, which demonstrates that patient safety is no less a problem in Sweden than elsewhere. READ MORE