Response items | How important have the following 36 factors been to achieve the current level of patient safety in your county council? | N | |||
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Very important (%) | Moderately important (%) | Slightly important (%) | Not at all important (%) | ||
Conducting root cause and risk analyses | 66 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 168 |
Incident reporting | 63 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 165 |
The Swedish Patient Safety Law | 60 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 165 |
Internal discussions with county council management, heads of health care units, health care providers etc. | 57 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 162 |
Efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics | 56 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 159 |
Use of Safe Surgery checklist | 54 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 127 |
PPM of adherence to hygiene rules | 51 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 161 |
Participation in SALAR's PPM of HAI | 49 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 156 |
Use of Handbook for Patient Safety Work: Risk Analysis and Root Cause Analysis | 48 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 155 |
Swedish regulation: SOSFS 2005:12, Quality and patient safety in health care, as described in the handbook Good Care | 45 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 164 |
Participation in SALAR's PPM of compliance with hygiene rules | 43 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 159 |
Surveillance of pressure ulcers | 42 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 157 |
Participation in SALAR’s PPM of pressure ulcer | 41 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 153 |
Legal decision from Lex Maria cases | 39 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 165 |
Local STRAMA group | 36 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 160 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on postoperative infections | 35 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 142 |
Complaints and reports from patients | 34 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 163 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on falls and injuries from falls | 34 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 144 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on pressure ulcers | 34 | 48 | 18 | 1 | 143 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on hospital acquired urinary tract infections | 34 | 47 | 18 | 1 | 146 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on malnutrition | 33 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 141 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on medication errors in health care transitions | 32 | 45 | 22 | 1 | 148 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on infections of central venous catheter | 32 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 142 |
Use of SALAR's guidelines on medication-related problems | 31 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 159 |
External discussions with others involved in patient safety | 31 | 49 | 20 | 1 | 147 |
Structured review of medical records | 30 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 144 |
Patient safety culture surveys | 26 | 48 | 19 | 7 | 155 |
Information from various quality registers | 26 | 42 | 27 | 4 | 157 |
Assembling annual report of patient safety work in the county council | 20 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 157 |
Research and scientific articles about patient safety | 19 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 162 |
Use of Handbook for Patient Safety: Structured Review of Medical Records According to Global Trigger Tool | 18 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 131 |
Participation in the national patient survey in primary health care | 17 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 115 |
Use of Handbook for Patient Safety: How to Measure Patient Safety Culture | 17 | 46 | 32 | 6 | 145 |
Participation in the National Patient Overview (medical records at the national level) | 15 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 121 |
Use of Handbook for Patient Safety: Safer Care | 12 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 113 |
Informational material from the County Council Mutual Insurance Company | 11 | 55 | 29 | 5 | 158 |