The Compliance Rate of Patient Safety Standards in Hospital: A Compare and Analysis at Tehran Hospitals

Patient safety as one of the main components of health services quality means to avoid getting into any kind of injury to patient, during providing health care. This study is aimed at evaluation of patient safety standards at selected Tehran hospitals. This study is a cross-sectional and comparative survey study that was conducted in 1392. The study population included all Tehran hospitals, which between them, ten hospitals randomly selected. The data collection instrument was a self-made checklist, which was developed based on the integration of three valid standard groups. The validity of the checklist, was determine with the method of content validity and its reliability, was determined from Cronbachʹs alpha with the value of 0.94. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics of Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman tests. The average compliance of patient safety standards was approximately 72% .the average respecting international patient safety goals, 60%, 76% and road safety Friendly Hospitals Patient Safety Solutions was 69%. There was not a significant correlation between the Owner type as well as the number of hospital beds, with the compliance rate of standards (P > 0/05). To establish and promote patient safety programs, primarily it is important to determine the current status, and all hospitals must periodically assess the patientʹs immune status. So, the hospital progress in this field, in addition to understanding the immune status of the patient, also can be evaluated. The commitment of hospital senior management is essential to improve the patient safety.