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Table 3 Correlations of patient safety culture and bloodborne pathogen prevention (N = 284)

From: Factors affecting patient safety culture in terms of compliance with preventing bloodborne pathogens among general hospital nurses

Variables

Patient safety culture

Subcategory

Compliance with bloodborne pathogen prevention

 

Leadership

Teamwork

Knowledge

/attitude

Policy

/procedures

Nonpunitive responses

Improvement system

Prioritized

 

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

r(p)

Patient safety culture

1

        

Leadership

.85(<.010)

1

       

Teamwork

.82(<.010)

.52(<.010)

1

      

Knowledge/attitude

.76(<.010)

.37(<.010)

.30(<.010)

1

     

Policy/procedures

.77(<.010)

.58(<.010)

.39(<.010)

.36(<.010)

1

    

Nonpunitive responses

.17(<.010)

.07(.192)

.10(.066)

−.01(.812)

.13(<.050)

1

   

Improvement

Safety system

.61(<.010)

.41(<.010)

.29(<.010)

.26(<.010)

.49(<.001)

.11(.062)

1

  

Prioritized

.07(.223)

.14(<.050)

.07(.188)

.13(<.050)

.14(<.050)

.43(<.010)

.11(.053)

1

 

Compliance with bloodborne pathogen prevention

.36(<.010)

.48(<.010)

.59(<.010)

.53(<.010)

.38(<.001)

.13(<.050)

.26(<.010)

.26(<.010)

1