Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations
The Patient Safety Climate Scale (PSCS) is a focused, brief assessment tool designed to measure staff perceptions of the safety climate within a specific healthcare unit or department. Unlike broader safety culture instruments, the PSCS concentrates on the immediate work environment—how safety is prioritized at the team and unit level, whether staff feel supported in reporting concerns, and whether leadership demonstrates commitment to preventing harm. The PSCS has been used in hospitals, ambulatory centers, and long-term care facilities to rapidly assess readiness for safety initiatives or to track improvements following targeted interventions.
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- Blegen, M. A., Gearhart, S., O'Brien, R., Sehgal, N. L., & Alldredge, B. K. (2004). AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Psychometric analyses. Journal of Patient Safety, 5(3), 139–144. · URL
- Colla, J. B., Bracken, A. C., Kinney, L. M., & Weeks, W. B. (2005). Measuring patient safety climate: a review of surveys. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 14(5), 364–366. · DOI 10.1136/qshc.2005.014217
- Merlo, J., Gerdtham, U. G., Lynch, J., Beckman, A., & Lithman, T. (2009). Inverse care law in an area with universal health coverage. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 34(3), 270–276. · URL
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