Characteristics of Participants Interviewed About Implementation of the National Patient Safety Implementation Framework in Tamil Nadu, India
| No. (%) (N=80) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 27 (33.7) |
| Female | 53 (66.3) |
| Health care worker cadre | |
| Doctor | 44 (55.0) |
| Nurse | 34 (42.5) |
| Other allied staff (pharmacists, health management information system staff) | 2 (2.5) |
| Job position | |
| Dean, medical superintendent, resident medical officer, nursing superintendent | 32 (40.0) |
| Head or staff under hospital infection control committee, central sterile supplies department, biomedical waste, microbiology department | 26 (32.5) |
| Head or staff under transfusion committee/blood bank/immunohematology | 7 (8.8) |
| Head or staff under pharmacovigilance committee/pharmacology department | 9 (11.3) |
| COVID-19 nodal officer | 4 (5.0) |
| Head or staff under antimicrobial stewardship committee | 1 (1.2) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology professor in charge of Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative and health management information system | 1 (1.2) |