Table 2.

Perceptions of participants related to patient safety culture

	Cronbach’s α	Accredited positive response %	Non-Accredited positive response %	Average percentage of positive response % in both groups
Teamwork within hospital units	0.78	85.1	82.5	83.3
Supervisor/manager expectations and promotion of safety	0.58	54.7	60.6	58.1
Organizational action	0.57	71.4	68.2	70.1
Feedback and communication in relation to error	0.79	79.5	75.7	77.5
Communication openness	0.48	74.7	81.2	79.1
Staffing	0.51	71.5	62.9	66.8
Non-Punitive response towards error	0.67	75.7	66.4	71.0
Management support for patient safety	0.70	69.8	81.9	76.3
teamwork across units	0.66	74.7	70.5	71.7
hands-off and transitions	0.77	89.7	77.4	81.5
Overall perceptions of safety	0.59	51.7	72.9	68.4
frequency of reporting events	0.75	62.8	56.8	59.7