TY - JOUR A2 - Gentilello, Larry M. AU - Montenegro, Jorge Hernan AU - Romero, Adriana Fernanda AU - Tejada, Paola Andrea AU - Olaya, Sandra Ximena AU - Rubiano, Andres Mariano PY - 2016 DA - 2016/02/18 TI - Perceived versus Observed Patient Safety Measures in a Critical Care Unit from a Teaching Hospital in Southern Colombia SP - 2175436 VL - 2016 AB - Introduction. Patient safety is an important topic. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the perceived versus observed patient safety measures (PSM) in critically ill patients in a teaching hospital in Latin America. Materials and Methods. The level of perceived patient safety was evaluated with the patient safety hospital survey. Three months later, a qualitative study was conducted, including video recording of procedures, graded according to adherence to PSM. Levels of adherence were scored during patient mobilization (PM), placement of central catheters (PCC), other invasive procedures (OIP), infection control (IC), and endotracheal intubation (ETI). Results. The perceived adherence of PSM in the prestudy survey was considered fair by 89.1% of the ICU staff. After the survey, 829 ICU procedures were video-recorded. Mean observed adherence for fair patient safety measures was 20.8%. Perceived adherence was higher than the real patient safety protocol measures observed in the videos. Conclusion. Perception of PSM was higher than observed in the management of critically ill patients in a teaching hospital in southern Colombia. SN - 2090-1305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2175436 DO - 10.1155/2016/2175436 JF - Critical Care Research and Practice PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -