Hospital safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents

摘要

Hospital safety climate with regards to bloodborne pathogens can be measured by using a short, 20-question scale that measures 6 sepa- rate dimensions. Whereas all 6 climate are essential elements of overall safety climate, 3 dimensions are significantly correlated with compliance, and 1 dimension(senior management support)is especially significant with regard to both compliance and exposure incidents. This short safety climate scale can be a useful tool for evaluating hospital employees' perceptions regarding their organization's bloodborne pathogens management program.