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Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Safety is one of the dimensions of healthcare quality and is core to achieving universal health coverage and healthcare delivery worldwide. In Ghana, the status of patient safety in the last 7 years has remained unknown. Therefore, this study aims to assess the patient safety status in s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36261212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001938 |
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author | Ashinyo, Mary Eyram Amegah, Kingsley E Kariyo, Pierre Claver Ackon, Angela Asrat, Sofonias Dubik, Stephen Dajaan |
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description | BACKGROUND: Safety is one of the dimensions of healthcare quality and is core to achieving universal health coverage and healthcare delivery worldwide. In Ghana, the status of patient safety in the last 7 years has remained unknown. Therefore, this study aims to assess the patient safety status in selected hospitals in Ghana. METHODS: Using the WHO Patient Safety Long Form, a mixed methodology was used to assess the patient safety status in 27 hospitals in Ghana. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and axial codes for thematic analysis. RESULTS: The average national patient safety score was high (85%). However, there were variations in the performance of the hospitals across the WHO patient safety action areas. Knowledge and learning in patient safety (97%) was the highest-rated patient safety action area. Patient safety surveillance, patient safety funding, patient safety partnerships and national patient safety policy had mean scores lower than the national average score (85%). Less than half (42%) of the hospitals had a dedicated budget for patient safety activities. The means of continuous education for health professionals include clinical sessions, and in-service training, while the system of clinical audits in the hospitals were maternal mortality, perinatal mortality, stillbirth and general mortality audits. The hospitals use posters, leaflets, public address systems and health education sessions to inform patients about their rights. Patient safety issues are reported through suggestion boxes, designated desks and the use of contacts of core management staff. CONCLUSION: The current patient safety status in the hospitals was generally good, with the highest score in the knowledge and learning in the patient safety domain. Patient safety surveillance was identified as the weakest action area. The findings of this study will form the scientific basis for initiating the development of a national patient safety policy in Ghana. This is crucial for ensuring resilient and sustainable health systems that guarantee safer care to all patients in Ghana. |
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spelling | pubmed-95823822022-10-21 Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study Ashinyo, Mary Eyram Amegah, Kingsley E Kariyo, Pierre Claver Ackon, Angela Asrat, Sofonias Dubik, Stephen Dajaan BMJ Open Qual Original Research BACKGROUND: Safety is one of the dimensions of healthcare quality and is core to achieving universal health coverage and healthcare delivery worldwide. In Ghana, the status of patient safety in the last 7 years has remained unknown. Therefore, this study aims to assess the patient safety status in selected hospitals in Ghana. METHODS: Using the WHO Patient Safety Long Form, a mixed methodology was used to assess the patient safety status in 27 hospitals in Ghana. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and axial codes for thematic analysis. RESULTS: The average national patient safety score was high (85%). However, there were variations in the performance of the hospitals across the WHO patient safety action areas. Knowledge and learning in patient safety (97%) was the highest-rated patient safety action area. Patient safety surveillance, patient safety funding, patient safety partnerships and national patient safety policy had mean scores lower than the national average score (85%). Less than half (42%) of the hospitals had a dedicated budget for patient safety activities. The means of continuous education for health professionals include clinical sessions, and in-service training, while the system of clinical audits in the hospitals were maternal mortality, perinatal mortality, stillbirth and general mortality audits. The hospitals use posters, leaflets, public address systems and health education sessions to inform patients about their rights. Patient safety issues are reported through suggestion boxes, designated desks and the use of contacts of core management staff. CONCLUSION: The current patient safety status in the hospitals was generally good, with the highest score in the knowledge and learning in the patient safety domain. Patient safety surveillance was identified as the weakest action area. The findings of this study will form the scientific basis for initiating the development of a national patient safety policy in Ghana. This is crucial for ensuring resilient and sustainable health systems that guarantee safer care to all patients in Ghana. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9582382/ /pubmed/36261212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001938 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ashinyo, Mary Eyram Amegah, Kingsley E Kariyo, Pierre Claver Ackon, Angela Asrat, Sofonias Dubik, Stephen Dajaan Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
title | Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
title_full | Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
title_short | Status of patient safety in selected Ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
title_sort | status of patient safety in selected ghanaian hospitals: a national cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36261212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001938 |
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