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Abstract Patient safety is moving up the list of priorities for hospitals and healthcare delivery systems, but improving safety across a large organization is challenging. Care is often delivered in a pressurized and fast-moving environment, involving a vast array of technology, and daily decisions and judgments by health-care professional staff. In such circumstances, things can and do go wrong. Sometimes unintentional harm comes to a patient during a clinical procedure, or as a result of a clinical decision. Errors in the process of care can result in injury. Sometimes the harm that patients experience is serious and sometimes people die. This study aimed to identify and assess the health care providers perception toward safety culture at Damanhour National Medical Institute. Setting and Subjects: The study was conducted in all units of Damanhour National Medical Institute . which include18 units. B):Subjects 1 - A convenience sample of 250 nurse who are working in the previously selected units available during the study period were included in the study They are classified as follow: - Professional nurses having Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (n= 50) includes (n=18)first line nurse managers and (n=32) professional nurses -50% of Secondary Technical Nursing Diploma (n=200 nurse) 2- 50% of physicians who are working in previously selected hospital during the . |