Table 3

Psychological dimensions of patient safety culture

Perceived meaningfulness of one's own work
Sense of control over one's own work and its results
Knowledge of organisational and interest groups' expectations concerning one's own work
Sense of personal responsibility over one's own work and its results
Knowledge of the hazards and hazard mechanisms that can turn potential hazards into actual harm
Knowledge of safety and the necessary means to achieve it
Knowledge of the organisational core task and its constraints and requirements