2011 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 19-24
To effectively implement medical safety measures, it is necessary to assess the working environment and illuminate problems to create suitable countermeasures. We evaluated the knowledge and activity of the medical safety of all employee using the human error management self check sheet (HEM sheet) which can evaluate the penetration of medical safety activity and the problem of the organization. The HEM sheet consists of 7 questionnaires；the basic concept, workplace atmosphere, check system, accident investigation, recurrence prevention, prevention organization, and strategy relating to the knowledge and activity of the medical safety. The number of valid response was 406 out of 521 persons (response rate 77.9%) in 2006 and was 496 out of 579 persons (response rate 85.7%) in 2007. The degree of achievement of seven analysis indices from 2006 to 2007 was improved in all the indices. The penetration of the interest and knowledge about the medical safety of clerical staffs was less than the other occupational staffs. On the other hand, it seemed that the effective medical safety activity in 2007 resulted in the decreasing of staffs with low self-awareness of medical safety in each index. However, it was suggested that the reeducation was needed to the clerical staffs with low self-awareness of medical safety than other occupational staffs. In this study using a HEM sheet, the issue, such as the recognition and understanding of the medical safety activity of the organization and status of preparation of the framework of medical safety measures, became clear.
