SURVEYS AND TOOLS

Thank you for your interest in the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Safety Climate Survey. Copyright to the surveys is held by The University of Texas. Permission to use the surveys may be granted by Bryan Sexton, Robert Helmreich, and Eric Thomas.

You have our permission to use the surveys if you: (1) provide information about who you are and how you intend to use the surveys (see registration form link below), and (2) use an appropriate citation when presenting or publishing data obtained with the surveys.

As per the existing copyright agreement, the Safety Attitudes and Safety Climate Questionnaires and related tools are for research purposes only and may not be sold or distributed commercially in any form. By downloading these materials, you agree to abide by these copyright guidelines.

The citation for the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (all versions) is:

Sexton JB, Helmreich RL, Neilands TB, Rowan K, Vella K, Boyden J, Roberts PR, Thomas EJ. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties, Benchmarking Data, and Emerging Research. BMC Health Services Research 2006;6:44. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/44/abstract

The citation for the Safety Climate Survey is:

Sexton JB, & Thomas EJ. The Safety Climate Survey: Psychometric and Benchmarking Properties. Technical Report 03-03. The University of Texas Center of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice (AHRQ grant # 1PO1HS1154401 and U18HS1116401).

Additional information may be found at: Quality Health Care.org

The following links contain PDF files of the surveys:

Safety Attitude Questionnaire-Ambulatory Version

Safety Attitude Questionnaire-ICU Version

Safety Attitude Questionnaire-Labor and Delivery Version

Safety Attitude Questionnaire-Operating Room Version

Safety Attitude Questionnaire-Pharmacy Version

Safety Climate Survey

Tracking Forms and Miscellaneous Documents:

Safety Attitude Survey Response Rate Tracking Form-ICU Example

Safety Attitude Questionnaire User's Guide

Scale Computation Instructions

OB Response Rate Tracking Form

Ambulatory Survey Tracking Form

Inpatient Tracking Form

Safety Climate Test Retest Technical Report

The following document contains more practical advice about survey administration:

Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Grillo SP. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: guidelines for administration. Technical Report 03-02. The University of Texas Center of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice (AHRQ grant #1PO1HS1154401). If you have additional questions, please contact Sarah Grillo at Spgrillo1@aol.com

The development of these surveys has been supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (1PO1HS1154401), Eric J. Thomas, Principal Investigator; the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation, Robert L. Helmreich, Principal Investigator; and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Eric J. Thomas, Principal Investigator.


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