Assessment of Human Factors & Ergonomics effecting Patient Safety Culture in a Tertiary Healthcare setting of a South Asian country

Introduction: The Patient Safety (PS) movement dates back to the ۱۹۵۰s, but in recent decades has caught up in swift momentum and is also influencing the Indian healthcare scenario - a lot of work has been done on the global scenario and we are just catching up. Materials & Methodology: This baseline study assesses the current status of Human Factors & Ergonomics w.r.t. Patient Safety Culture in a tertiary healthcare institution of Northern India within a study population of Doctors (Faculty & Resident), Nursing Staff (Graduates & Undergraduates), and Technicians - a first of its kind for the region. The overall response rate was obtained on the (customized & validated) Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) toolkit.Result: The overall response rate came to ۷۵.۷% and the composite Patient Safety Culture score was ۴۶.۳۵% (with internal variations).Conclusion: This calls for introspection to lift the overall standards of PS and PSC and to build further upon them.

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Patient safety , Indian healthcare , Human Factors & Ergonomics , Patient Safety Culture , HSOPSC