Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Safety Culture Tool (Vogus, 2004)

• 21 Items (1-5 scale) strongly disagree to strongly agree
• 3 Factors
  • Mindfulness—5 items
    respect individual colleagues contributions and take actions that help members build on each others care
  • Heedful interrelating —10 items
    communicate honestly with the team, talk about and learn from mistakes, share strengths and weaknesses
  • Collective mind —6 items
    Understand how all team members contribute to care, align actions to support team goals