Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Patient safety culture (PSC) is the extent to which an organization's culture supports and promotes patient safety. Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLTs) are not exempt from patient safety even though they do not interact with patients on the daily basis. It is especially pertinent that MLTs who are involved in the transfusion medicine service be appraised, as patients are at risk of adverse transfusion reactions and infection transmission from unsafe transfusion practices.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study design utilized the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire, administered online, and ran from October to November 2020. T-test and one-way ANOVA were used to determine the mean differences between respondents ' sociodemographic characteristics and the PSC composites; and Pearson's correlation, to assess the relationship among PSC composite scores. Multiple linear regression was used to predict the overall perception of PSC. RESULTS: There were 454 eligible responses. 'Non-punitive response to error ' and'staffing ' were composites needing improvement with low percent positive response rate (24.0% and 29.2% respectively), whereas 'Organizational learning ' (83.7%),'supervisor/manager expectations ' (80.7%), 'Teamwork within units ' (77.9%), 'Feedback and communication about error ' (76.2%) are among the areas of strength. The respondents ' type of hospital had a statistically significant difference in the overall perception of patient safety composite score (p=0.02). There was a significant difference in 'Non-punitive response to error ' composite score between MLTs who are in cross-matching laboratories (M=7.5
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-O-30,
title = {Inculcating a Safety Culture in Blood Transfusion Laboratories},
author = {Fairuz Nadiah Nordin and Noraziani Khamis and Sunita A/P S. Shanmugam and Muhammad Nur Amir Abdul Rassip and Nor Hanizah Abdul Gapal and Idaleswati Nor Mohamed and Nang Pah Nik Ibrahim and Noryati Abu Amin},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-O-30.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-5-ballroom-B/},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-01},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Patient safety culture (PSC) is the extent to which an organization's culture supports and promotes patient safety. Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLTs) are not exempt from patient safety even though they do not interact with patients on the daily basis. It is especially pertinent that MLTs who are involved in the transfusion medicine service be appraised, as patients are at risk of adverse transfusion reactions and infection transmission from unsafe transfusion practices.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study design utilized the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire, administered online, and ran from October to November 2020. T-test and one-way ANOVA were used to determine the mean differences between respondents ' sociodemographic characteristics and the PSC composites; and Pearson's correlation, to assess the relationship among PSC composite scores. Multiple linear regression was used to predict the overall perception of PSC. RESULTS: There were 454 eligible responses. 'Non-punitive response to error ' and'staffing ' were composites needing improvement with low percent positive response rate (24.0% and 29.2% respectively), whereas 'Organizational learning ' (83.7%),'supervisor/manager expectations ' (80.7%), 'Teamwork within units ' (77.9%), 'Feedback and communication about error ' (76.2%) are among the areas of strength. The respondents ' type of hospital had a statistically significant difference in the overall perception of patient safety composite score (p=0.02). There was a significant difference in 'Non-punitive response to error ' composite score between MLTs who are in cross-matching laboratories (M=7.5},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Health Management, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia; National Blood Centre, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Blood bank, Medical Laboratory Technologists, Patient safety culture, Transfusion Medicine Service},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}