Patient safety core: Implementation assessment

Objective: to evaluate the implementation of the Patient Safety Core in a maternity hospital in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) under the perception of the multidisciplinary team. Method: this is a qualitative and quantitative exploratory-descriptive study conducted in 2019 in a public maternity hospital in Betim. The Safe Attitudes Questionnaire was applied to collect quantitative data and the focus group technique was used to collect qualitative data with members of the multidisciplinary team of the maternity hospital. For the qualitative data analysis, the Content Analysis method was used, and for the quantitative data, a descriptive analysis related to the Safe Attitudes Questionnaire was performed. Results: the data analysis emerged from the association between the variables collected by qualitative and quantitative methods in order to complement the information extracted in the survey, broken down into five analytical categories: 1st category: Safety environment x Patient safety culture; 2nd category: Teamwork environment x Job satisfaction; 3rd category: Working conditions x Perception of stress x Management; 4th category: Correct patient identification x Patient safety culture and 5th category: Safety in medication administration x Patient safety culture. Conclusion: it is understood that the staff is more alert regarding patient safety, but the organization's structuring factors are still incipient to ensure a strong safety culture.