Patient safety climate: variation in perceptions by infection preventionists and quality directors.

Shanelle Nelson; Patricia W. Stone; Sarah Jordan; Monika Pogorzelska; Helen Halpin; Megan Vanneman; Elaine L. Larson

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Patient safety climate: variation in perceptions by infection preventionists and quality directors.

September 28, 2011

Nelson S, Stone PW, Jordan S, et al. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2011;2011:357121.

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Infection control specialists had a more positive view of safety culture than did hospital quality directors, in this survey conducted at California hospitals.

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