Felknor S A, Aday L A, Burau K D, Delclos G L, Kapadia A S
University of Texas School of Public Health, P.O. Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225-0186, USA.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2000 Jan-Mar;6(1):18-25. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2000.6.1.18.
In response to growing concern for occupational health and safety in the public hospital system in Costa Rica, a cross-sectional survey of 1,000 hospital-based health care workers was conducted in 1997 to collect baseline data that are being used to develop worker training programs in occupational health in Costa Rica. The objectives of this survey were to: 1) describe the safety climate within the national hospital system, 2) identify factors associated with safety, and 3) evaluate the relationship between safety climate and workplace injuries and safety practices of employees. The safety climate was found to be very poor. The two most significant predictors of safety climate were training and administrative support for safety. Safety climate was a statistically significant predictor of workplace injuries and safety practices, respectively, and there was an underreporting rate of 71% of workplace injuries. These findings underscore the need for improvement of the safety climate in the public hospital system in Costa Rica.
鉴于哥斯达黎加公立医院系统对职业健康与安全的担忧日益增加,1997年对1000名医院医护人员进行了横断面调查,以收集基线数据,这些数据正用于制定哥斯达黎加职业健康方面的工人培训计划。本次调查的目的是:1)描述国家医院系统内的安全氛围;2)确定与安全相关的因素;3)评估安全氛围与工作场所伤害以及员工安全实践之间的关系。结果发现安全氛围非常差。安全氛围的两个最重要预测因素是安全培训和行政支持。安全氛围分别是工作场所伤害和安全实践的统计学显著预测因素,并且工作场所伤害的漏报率为71%。这些发现强调了改善哥斯达黎加公立医院系统安全氛围的必要性。