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Changing safety culture.

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Ravi, D; Tawfik, DS; Sexton, JB; Profit, J
Published in: J Perinatol
October 2021

Safety culture, an aspect of organizational culture, that reflects work place norms toward safety, is foundational to high-quality care. Improvements in safety culture are associated with improved operational and clinical outcomes. In the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where fragile infants receive complex, coordinated care over prolonged time periods, it is critically important that unit norms reflect the high priority placed on safety. Changing the safety culture of the NICU involves a systematic process of measurement, identifying strengths and weaknesses, deploying targeted interventions, and learning from the results, to set the stage for an iterative process of improvement. Successful change efforts require: effective partnerships with key stakeholders including management, clinicians, staff, and families; using data to make the case for improvement; and leadership actions that motivate change, channel resources, and support active problem- solving. Sustainable change requires buy-in from NICU staff and management, resources, and long-term institutional commitment.

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Published In

J Perinatol

DOI

EISSN

1476-5543

Publication Date

October 2021

Volume

41

Issue

10

Start / End Page

2552 / 2560

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Safety Management
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Pediatrics
  • Organizational Culture
  • Leadership
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • 3213 Paediatrics
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
 

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Ravi, D., Tawfik, D. S., Sexton, J. B., & Profit, J. (2021). Changing safety culture. J Perinatol, 41(10), 2552–2560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-020-00839-0
Ravi, Dhurjati, Daniel S. Tawfik, J Bryan Sexton, and Jochen Profit. “Changing safety culture.J Perinatol 41, no. 10 (October 2021): 2552–60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-020-00839-0.
Ravi D, Tawfik DS, Sexton JB, Profit J. Changing safety culture. J Perinatol. 2021 Oct;41(10):2552–60.
Ravi, Dhurjati, et al. “Changing safety culture.J Perinatol, vol. 41, no. 10, Oct. 2021, pp. 2552–60. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41372-020-00839-0.
Ravi D, Tawfik DS, Sexton JB, Profit J. Changing safety culture. J Perinatol. 2021 Oct;41(10):2552–2560.

Published In

J Perinatol

DOI

EISSN

1476-5543

Publication Date

October 2021

Volume

41

Issue

10

Start / End Page

2552 / 2560

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Safety Management
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Pediatrics
  • Organizational Culture
  • Leadership
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • 3213 Paediatrics
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine