The feeling that staff are not blamed when an event is reported.

To identify strengths and areas for improvement in patient safety culture, allowing for internal benchmarking or comparison against other facilities.

The extent to which mistakes lead to positive changes rather than just being documented. Communication Openness: Whether staff

How well staff support each other and work as a team.

Guidelines on how to select a representative group of staff to ensure data accuracy.

Whether there are enough people to handle the workload safely. Implementation and Guidance

The document (149 KB) outlines 12 specific dimensions (composites) used to gauge safety culture. These include:

Support for both web-based and paper-based survey methods.

(149 Kb) May 2026

The feeling that staff are not blamed when an event is reported.

To identify strengths and areas for improvement in patient safety culture, allowing for internal benchmarking or comparison against other facilities.

The extent to which mistakes lead to positive changes rather than just being documented. Communication Openness: Whether staff (149 KB)

How well staff support each other and work as a team.

Guidelines on how to select a representative group of staff to ensure data accuracy. The feeling that staff are not blamed when

Whether there are enough people to handle the workload safely. Implementation and Guidance

The document (149 KB) outlines 12 specific dimensions (composites) used to gauge safety culture. These include: (149 KB)

Support for both web-based and paper-based survey methods.