Differences in Hospital Managers’, Unit Managers’, and Health Care Workers’ Perceptions of the Safety Climate for Respiratory Protection

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• Alternative Title:
  Workplace Health Saf
• Personal Author:
  Peterson, Kristina ; Rogers, Bonnie M. E. ; Brosseau, Lisa M. ; Payne, Julianne ; Cooney, Jennifer ; Joe, Lauren ; Novak, Debra
• Description:
  This article compares hospital managers' (HM), unit managers' (UM), and health care workers' (HCW) perceptions of respiratory protection safety climate in acute care hospitals. The article is based on survey responses from 215 HMs, 245 UMs, and 1,105 HCWs employed by 98 acute care hospitals in six states. Ten survey questions assessed five of the key dimensions of safety climate commonly identified in the literature: managerial commitment to safety, management feedback on safety procedures, coworkers' safety norms, worker involvement, and worker safety training. Clinically and statistically significant differences were found across the three respondent types. HCWs had less positive perceptions of management commitment, worker involvement, and safety training aspects of safety climate than HMs and UMs. UMs had more positive perceptions of management's supervision of HCWs' respiratory protection practices. Implications for practice improvements indicate the need for frontline HCWs' inclusion in efforts to reduce safety climate barriers and better support effective respiratory protection programs and daily health protection practices.
• Subjects:
  Article Attitude Of Health Personnel Hospital Administration Humans Interviews As Topic Occupational Health Organizational Culture Personnel, Hospital Program Evaluation Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Source:
  Workplace Health Saf. 64(7):326-336
• Pubmed ID:
  27056750
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5679198
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1dd55a7fe4a482f9c4997d3ff259c90bb03ee83f2efed2b59a447c374eba2cd0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49702/cdc_49702_DS1.pdf
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