Having data on one hospital only, we have not been able to check empirically the amount of clustering of safety attitudes at the hospital level, but, as indicated by Sexton, Helmreich, Neilands et al. [ 4], there probably are hospital-specific patient safety cultures.
But we also found marked clustering of patient safety culture scores at the organizational levels, and much of the organization level variance was across wards.
If our hypothesis was correct, we would expect to find considerable clustering of the safety attitude scores at the department and ward level, i.e. non-trivial-to-high intraclass correlation coefficients.
And they could be asked at a time when the pundits, clustered for safety round their predictions of a slimmish Labour majority, will be discredited.
In London, from 1996 to 2001, substantial measles outbreaks remained rare, occurring primarily because small clusters of parents had misguided safety concerns about vaccinations [ 11].
As we have documented significant clustering of three patient safety attitude dimensions at the department level (safety climate, job satisfaction, and work conditions), it should be noted that there may be differences in patient safety culture across departments.
Recommendations of existing Plant Safety Management System Codes of Good Practice are analyzed in relation to the needs of cluster chemical safety.
cluster-of-cluster Gaussians.
Effect of free distribution of safety equipment on usage among motorcycle-taxi drivers in Tanzania--A Tanzania--A Tanzania--Arolled trial.
At each village cluster, the study was announced as a women's health study for purposes of safety and confidentiality.
