Safety culture and adverse event reporting in Ghanaian healthcare facilities: Implications for patient safety.
Aaron Asibi AbuosiCollins Atta PokuPriscilla Yeye Adumoah AttafuahEmmanuel Anongeba AnabaPatience Aseweh AborAdelaide SetordjiEdward Nketiah-AmponsahPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Promoting an effective patient safety culture is the ultimate way to overcome the challenges of adverse event reporting, and this can effectively be dealt with by developing policies to regulate the incidence and reporting of adverse events. The quality of healthcare and patient safety can also be enhanced when healthcare managers dedicate adequate support and resources to ensure teamwork, effective communication, and blame-free culture.