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Table 5 Description of safety culture dimensions at the primary health care facility level

From: Assessment of patient safety culture in primary health care in Muscat, Oman: a questionnaire -based survey

Work area / Unit

Positive responses N (%)

No. of Total responses

Hand-offs and transitions (Dimension’s positivity = 46%)

 Things “fall between the cracks” when transferring patient to and from

173 (93)

179

  Within health centers

95 (51)

179

  Secondary care

36 (19)

182

  Tertiary care

161 (87)

186

 Important patient care information is often lost during shift changes

129 (69)

185

 Problems often occur in the exchange of information across sections in the health center.

162 (87)

184

 Shift changes are problematic for patients in this health center

104 (57)

183

Teamwork across units (Dimension’s positivity = 82%)

 There is good cooperation among health center sections that need to work together

120 (65)

186

 Health center sections work well together to provide the best care for patients

104 (56)

186

 The clinics do not coordinate well each other

137 (74)

181

Management support for patient safety (Dimension’s positivity = 75%)

 The center management seems interested in patient safety only after an adverse event happens

175 (94)

186

 The health center management provides a work climate that promotes patient safety

156 (84)

185

 The actions of the center management show that patient safety is a top priority

97 (52)

186