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Workplace Safety Climate and Incivility Among British Columbia and Ontario Operating Room Nurses: A Preliminary Investigation

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
20 December 2007

Abstract

Poor safety climate and incivility have been linked to worse work organization-related practices and high accident rates. This study investigates the influence of safety climate and incivility on the use of a recommended operating room (OR) practice, the hands-free technique (HFT), among OR nurses in four hospitals in Ontario and British Columbia. Of the 87 nurses who completed self-administered questionnaires, 82% perceived safety climate as “not good” and 49% reported supervisor incivility. Incivility correlated with worse safety climate on the communication/conflict subscale. Better safety climate on the management support subscale and less supervisor incivility predicted HFT use.

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Il a été démontré que, dans un milieu de travail, un climat caractérisé par l'insécurité et l'incivilité entraîne de moins bonnes pratiques d'organisation du travail ainsi que des taux d'accidents plus élevés. Cette étude examine l'influence de ce type de climat sur le degré d'utilisation de la technique mains libres (TML, une pratique recommandée en salle d'opération) chez les infirmières et infirmiers travaillant en salles d'opération dans quatre hôpitaux de l'Ontario et de la Colombie-Britannique. Sur 87 infirmières et infirmiers qui ont répondu à notre questionnaire (auto-administré), 82 % affirment que, sur le plan de la sécurité, le climat dans lequel ils travaillent n'est « pas bon ». De plus, 49 % rapportent avoir observé des marques d'incivilité de la part de superviseurs; à la sous-échelle « communication/conflit », l'incivilité est reliée à un climat de sécurité plus nuisible. Un meilleur climat de sécurité, à la sous-échelle « soutien de la direction », et moins d'incivilité de la part des superviseurs permettent donc de prédire une plus grande utilisation de la TML.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 26Number 2September 2007
Pages: 141 - 152

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Version of record online: 20 December 2007

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Ted Haines
Occupational Health Program and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Bernadette Stringer
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Eric Duku
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

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