An association between the assignment of full-time or semi-full-time patient safety managers and patient safety management activities in hospitals

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  • Tsuruoka Asako
    Department of Social Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Fujita Shigeru
    Department of Social Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine
  • Iida Shuhei
    Nerima General Hospital, Tokyo Healthcare Foundation Institute of Healthcare Quality Improvement, Tokyo Healthcare Foundation All Japan Hospital Association
  • Nagai Yoji
    Hitachinaka General Hospital, Hitachi Ltd. All Japan Hospital Association
  • Shimamori Yoshiko
    Department of Fundamental Nursing, Iwate Medical University School of Nursing
  • Koyano Keiko
    Nerima General Hospital, Tokyo Healthcare Foundation Institute of Healthcare Quality Improvement, Tokyo Healthcare Foundation
  • Hasegawa Tomonori
    Department of Social Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine

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  • 病院における専従・専任の医療安全管理者の配置と院内の医療安全管理活動との関係
  • ビョウイン ニ オケル センジュウ ・ センニン ノ イリョウ アンゼン カンリシャ ノ ハイチ ト インナイ ノ イリョウ アンゼン カンリ カツドウ ト ノ カンケイ

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<p>The number of hospitals in which full-time or semi-full-time patient safety managers are assigned have increased, but a few studies demonstrated its effectiveness.　This study aimed to identify the difference in patient safety activities by safety manager’s assignment in hospitals and to examine the effectiveness of the assignment on patient safety activities in hospitals.</p><p>A mail survey, based on stratified sampling by the number of acute-care beds in hospitals, was conducted for 3,270 hospitals from August to September 2015.　The valid response rate was 22%.　A tendency that the implementation ratios of each patient safety activity were improved when the assignment of patient safety manager was enriched.　This study suggested that the assignment of the semi-full-time patient safety manager might enrich the basic patient safety management system and activities in the hospitals, the assignment of a full-time patient safety manager might promote a cooperation with external organizations, and the assignment of a full-time patient safety manager with some full-time or semi-full-time patient safety managers might expand the range of activities which required knowledge and experience of wide variety of professions.</p>

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