Table 4.

Results of perception responses

Perception evaluation items	Agree		Disagree
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
1. When a health care professional has a concern about patient safety, they challenge others until they are sure the concern has been documented.	22 (61.1)	32 (88.9)*	11 (30.6)	3 (8.3)
2. Health care professionals correct each other’s mistakes to ensure that procedures are followed properly.	9 (25)	27 (75)*	22 (61.1)	3 (8.3)
3. Health care professionals follow a standard method of sharing information when transferring a patient to another health care site.	19 (52.8)	33 (91.7)*	8 (22.2)	1 (2.8)
4. Health care professionals use common terminology when they communicate with each other.	20 (55.6)	32 (88.9)*	16 (44.4)	2 (5.6)
5. In your health care facility, health care professionals correct each other’s mistakes to ensure that procedures are followed properly.	25 (69.4)	24 (66.7)	5 (13.9)	4 (11.1)

Notes:

^*Denotes significant improvement pre-test and post-test: t=9.17, df=35, P<0.01. Responses for strongly agree and agree are collapsed into “agree”; and responses for strongly disagree and disagree are collapsed into “disagree” for purposes of reporting. Responses for neither agree nor disagree are not included.