Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017): BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT STUDIES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
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A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PRACTISE: IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE SAFETY AND PATIENT SAFETY

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  • Yunus TAŞ,
  • Ali Talip AKPINAR,
  • Ihsan YİĞİT
Yunus TAŞ
Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Sağlık Hizmetleri MYO
Ali Talip AKPINAR
Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Havacılık ve Uzay Bilimleri Fakültesi
Ihsan YİĞİT
University of Marmara, Business Faculty, Business Department
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v5i2.94

Published 2017-09-16

Keywords

  • Workplace Safety, Patient Safety, Hospital, Healthcare
  • İş Güvenliği,
  • Hasta Güvenliği,
  • Hastane,
  • Sağlık Hizmeti

How to Cite

TAŞ, Y., AKPINAR, A. T., & YİĞİT, I. (2017). A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PRACTISE: IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE SAFETY AND PATIENT SAFETY. Business & Management Studies: An International Journal, 5(2), 282–292. https://doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v5i2.94

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between workplace safety perceptions and patient safety perceptions of hospital staff . Along with job safety decrease, occupational accidents, occupational diseases increase and this may lead to detrimental consequences. Besides, Patient safety is one of the most important factors affecting the quality of health care provided in hospitals. In this study, a survey study containing Hayes’ workplace safety scale and generally consisting of statements that measure the perception of patient safety was conducted to the employees of Research and Application Hospital of Kocaeli University. it is found out that there are statistically significant relationship between patient safety the workplace job safety dimensions. It is also revealed that Patient Safety has statistically significant positive relationship among Supervisor Safety (0,250), job Safety (0,216), job Safety Policies (0,283), Safe Work Environment (0,299) and Improving Job Safety (0,313), respectively. In other words, as the supervisor safety, job safety, job safety policies, safe work environment and improving job safety increase perceptions of patient safety in hospitals increase as well.

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