Abstract

Background: Patient safety culture is a critical criteria in measuring the quality of health care. In this study, to assess and measure the culture of patient safety in referrals hospitals of Tehran affiliated Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Sciences branch and compare this findings with benchmark scores using HSOPSC. Method: We used the HSPSC questionnaire version 2010 to assess12 dimensions of patient safety culture from 3 hospitals in Tehran capital of Iran. This study was conducted in Jan to Dec 2015.In this studyenrolled384 healthcare workers including nurses, midwifes, technician and health workers. We used SPSS version 0.8for statistical analysis. Result: Totally 384participants were enrolled of which 300 participants were responded validly Response rate approximately was78. The positive response rate for each item ranged from 19.7 to 84.3. The mean age of participant’s 36.19±6.98 years old.There was a significant statistical difference in groups of different ward and job. Conclusion: The results of this study show patient safety culture in the health care workers in hospitals of Iran is moderate and weak. © 2017, Pharmainfo Publications. All rights reserved.