The correlation between neonatal intensive care unit safety culture and quality of care.

Profit J, Sharek PJ, Cui X, et al. J Patient Saf. 2018 Nov 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Prior research has shown that health care worker perceptions of safety culture may vary across different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Less is known as to how perceptions of NICU safety culture relate to NICU quality of care. In this cross-sectional study involving 44 NICUs, researchers found a significant relationship between safety climate and teamwork ratings and a lack of health care–associated infections, but no relationship with regard to the other performance metrics examined in the study.

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