TABLE.

Characteristics of Participants Interviewed About Implementation of the National Patient Safety Implementation Framework in Tamil Nadu, India

No. (%)
(N=80)
Gender
    Male27 (33.7)
    Female53 (66.3)
Health care worker cadre
    Doctor44 (55.0)
    Nurse34 (42.5)
    Other allied staff (pharmacists, health management information system staff)2 (2.5)
Job position
    Dean, medical superintendent, resident medical officer, nursing superintendent32 (40.0)
    Head or staff under hospital infection control committee, central sterile supplies department, biomedical waste, microbiology department26 (32.5)
    Head or staff under transfusion committee/blood bank/immunohematology7 (8.8)
    Head or staff under pharmacovigilance committee/pharmacology department9 (11.3)
    COVID-19 nodal officer4 (5.0)
    Head or staff under antimicrobial stewardship committee1 (1.2)
    Obstetrics and gynecology professor in charge of Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative and health management information system1 (1.2)