Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal
Background. Despite the implementation of intervention strategies, incidents in specialised care units remain high and are of serious concern, worldwide. Objective. To assess the healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of patient safety incident (PSI) reporting and lea...
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| description | Background. Despite the implementation of intervention strategies, incidents in specialised care units remain high and are of serious concern, worldwide.
Objective. To assess the healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of patient safety incident (PSI) reporting and learning guidelines in specialised care units of three selected public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Methods. The study used a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design. A purposive sample targeted 237 healthcare professionals. An online structured questionnaire collected the data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse data.
Results. A total of 181 questionnaires were returned, yielding a response rate of 76%. Notably, 83% of respondents had high-perceived knowledge of the PSI reporting and learning guidelines, while 98% had low perceptions of their implementation. The current unit (p=0.002) and shift of the day (p=0.008) were factors associated with the perception of good knowledge of PSI reporting and learning guidelines, as indicated by a p-value ≤0.05. The respondents’ age (p=0.05), current unit (p=0.015), and shift of the day (p=0.000) were significantly associated with the perception of poor implementation of the PSI reporting and learning guidelines.
Conclusion. The respondents demonstrated a good perception of knowledge of PSI reporting and learning guidelines; however, the perception of the implementation was poor. Therefore, a revised implementation strategy coupled with periodical in-service training for healthcare profes |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7df3a5009546441eab9ff27ecd29b8b32024-02-03T13:30:08ZengSouth African Medical AssociationSouthern African Journal of Critical Care1562-82642078-676X2023-04-01253010.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i1.559563Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-NatalT M H Gqaleni0S W Mkhize1School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaSchool of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaBackground. Despite the implementation of intervention strategies, incidents in specialised care units remain high and are of serious concern, worldwide. Objective. To assess the healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of patient safety incident (PSI) reporting and learning guidelines in specialised care units of three selected public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Methods. The study used a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design. A purposive sample targeted 237 healthcare professionals. An online structured questionnaire collected the data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse data. Results. A total of 181 questionnaires were returned, yielding a response rate of 76%. Notably, 83% of respondents had high-perceived knowledge of the PSI reporting and learning guidelines, while 98% had low perceptions of their implementation. The current unit (p=0.002) and shift of the day (p=0.008) were factors associated with the perception of good knowledge of PSI reporting and learning guidelines, as indicated by a p-value ≤0.05. The respondents’ age (p=0.05), current unit (p=0.015), and shift of the day (p=0.000) were significantly associated with the perception of poor implementation of the PSI reporting and learning guidelines. Conclusion. The respondents demonstrated a good perception of knowledge of PSI reporting and learning guidelines; however, the perception of the implementation was poor. Therefore, a revised implementation strategy coupled with periodical in-service training for healthcare profeshttps://samajournals.co.za/index.php/sajcc/article/view/559patient safetyharmguidelines implementationspecialised care units |
| spellingShingle | T M H Gqaleni S W Mkhize Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal Southern African Journal of Critical Care patient safety harm guidelines implementation specialised care units |
| title | Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_full | Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_fullStr | Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_short | Healthcare professionals’ perception of knowledge and implementation of Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning guidelines in specialised care units, KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_sort | healthcare professionals perception of knowledge and implementation of patient safety incident reporting and learning guidelines in specialised care units kwazulu natal |
| topic | patient safety harm guidelines implementation specialised care units |
| url | https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/sajcc/article/view/559 |
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