A Study on Safety Culture in the Field of Nursing Care

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20730393
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Shukutoku Junior College
Principal Investigator	MITADERA Yuji Shukutoku Junior College, 社会福祉学科, 准教授 (50341889)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Keywords	安全文化 / 介護事故 / リスクマネジメント / アクシデントレポート / 安全管理 / 安全教育 / セーフティマネジメント
Research Abstract	In this study, I developed an online accident reporting system to investigate characteristics and causes of accidents in long-term care facilities. This investigation was based on data obtained from the accident reporting system. Then, I developed an evaluation scale for safety culture and identified characteristics of organizations with a good safety culture. The correlation between safety culture and the submission of accident reports was also analyzed. Moreover, I developed e-learning materials which can be used to improve safety culture practices and reduce human error.