Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia

Safety culture has been defined as "the product of individual and collective beliefs, values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior of an organization's commitment to quality and patient safety by the Join Commission, 2017. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) w...

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Main Authors: Karthikayini, Krishnasamy, Mohd Idzwan, Zakaria, Tan, Maw Pin *, Karuthan, Chinna, Vairavan, Narayanan, Nazirah, Hasnan
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.28222024-07-16T01:28:47Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2822/ Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia Karthikayini, Krishnasamy Mohd Idzwan, Zakaria Tan, Maw Pin * Karuthan, Chinna Vairavan, Narayanan Nazirah, Hasnan RA Public aspects of medicine Safety culture has been defined as "the product of individual and collective beliefs, values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior of an organization's commitment to quality and patient safety by the Join Commission, 2017. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, was subsequently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization led to unprecedented disruption to health-care systems worldwide. Shortages in supplies of personal protective equipment, particularly at the beginning of the pandemic have in fact led to health-care workers (HCWs) feeling unsupported and exposed to unnecessary dangers due to supply chain and raw material issues. The International Council of Nurses reported in 2020 that more than 260 nurses worldwide succumbed to COVID-19, raising the crucial issue of HCWs risking their lives to save the lives of others. This study was conducted to determine the potential changes in patient safety culture during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prepandemic levels at a tertiary hospital in a middle-income country in Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press 2023 Article PeerReviewed Karthikayini, Krishnasamy and Mohd Idzwan, Zakaria and Tan, Maw Pin * and Karuthan, Chinna and Vairavan, Narayanan and Nazirah, Hasnan (2023) Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17. ISSN 1938-744X https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/abs/effects-of-covid19-on-patient-safety-culture-among-staff-at-a-teaching-hospital-in-malaysia/1F3281B10BA2DAD6F50D9559AF1A0C5A 10.1017/dmp.2023.141
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Karthikayini, Krishnasamy
Mohd Idzwan, Zakaria
Tan, Maw Pin *
Karuthan, Chinna
Vairavan, Narayanan
Nazirah, Hasnan
Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
description Safety culture has been defined as "the product of individual and collective beliefs, values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior of an organization's commitment to quality and patient safety by the Join Commission, 2017. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, was subsequently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization led to unprecedented disruption to health-care systems worldwide. Shortages in supplies of personal protective equipment, particularly at the beginning of the pandemic have in fact led to health-care workers (HCWs) feeling unsupported and exposed to unnecessary dangers due to supply chain and raw material issues. The International Council of Nurses reported in 2020 that more than 260 nurses worldwide succumbed to COVID-19, raising the crucial issue of HCWs risking their lives to save the lives of others. This study was conducted to determine the potential changes in patient safety culture during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prepandemic levels at a tertiary hospital in a middle-income country in Southeast Asia.
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author Karthikayini, Krishnasamy
Mohd Idzwan, Zakaria
Tan, Maw Pin *
Karuthan, Chinna
Vairavan, Narayanan
Nazirah, Hasnan
author_facet Karthikayini, Krishnasamy
Mohd Idzwan, Zakaria
Tan, Maw Pin *
Karuthan, Chinna
Vairavan, Narayanan
Nazirah, Hasnan
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title Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_short Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_full Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_fullStr Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Effects of COVID-19 on Patient Safety Culture among Staff at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_sort effects of covid-19 on patient safety culture among staff at a teaching hospital in malaysia
publisher Cambridge University Press
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2822/
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