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    OPERATING ROOM PROFESSIONALS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PATIENT SAFETY AND THE INFLUENCING FACTORS IN GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITALS IN NORTH OF THE WEST BANK, PALESTINE
    (An-Najah National University, 2024-10-14) Alhashash, Raed
    Background: Patient safety has evolved to be the overriding focus in health care systems, prodded by milestone reports and frameworks calling for safety actions across the whole system. This study will investigate attitudes towards, and factors that influence attitudes to, patient safety among operating room professionals working in governmental hospitals in northern West Bank, Palestine. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional and involved targeting 150 operating room practitioners, both physicians and nurses, in six hospitals belonging to the northern West Bank governments. In the current study, attitude of participants was measured by using a Patient Safety Attitude Questionnaire referred to as PSAQ, based on attitude dimensions targeting team-work climate, safety climate, management perception, among others. Descriptive statistics using Cronbach's Alpha SPSS software was used for data analysis and reliability testing. Results: A total of 117 questionnaires was successfully administered, bringing the response rate to 82%. Most of them were between 31 and 40 years of age, male, married, and bachelor's degree holders. The total mean attitude score was 114.26 out of 180. The highest positive response obtained in the subscale of "teamwork climate" was 54.4%. The other subscale scores showed that the subjects had intermediate levels of job satisfaction, safety climate perception, and management perception. Conclusions: The results were revealing in a positive attitude toward the teamwork climate and at the same time identifying the weaknesses in the safety climate and management perception from the professionals working in the operating room. These findings must be useful to design focus intervention with the aim of instilling a safety culture among these hospitals, which shall benefit the patients in the region. More research is needed to establish the root causes behind such an attitude and probable impacts of professional development activities. Keywords: Operation Room, Attitude, Patient, Safety, Hospitals, Palestine.