Perceived versus Observed Patient Safety Measures in a Critical Care Unit from a Teaching Hospital in Southern Colombia

Table 1

Mean level of observed patient safety measures including the 5 different groups of procedures compared with the general perception of patient safety described in the survey.

Level of patient safety measures	Perceived		Observed
		%		%
Excellent	10	27	21	2.5
Very good	14	37.9	73	8.8
Acceptable	9	24.3	79	9.5
Poor	2	5.4	511	61.6
Failing	2	5.4	145	17.6
Total	37	100	829	100