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Patient safety culture is essential in creating a safe and healthy hospital environment.
This study aims to portray nurses' perceptions of patient safety culture during the
Pandemic in COVID-19 Referral Hospitals. This paper was a descriptive study. The
population was nurses working in inpatient, Covid-19 isolation, intensive, and
emergency rooms. In addition, the sample was 268 nurses with a stratified random
sampling. Data collection used a questionnaire using Google Forms. It consisted of the
demographic characteristics of respondents (name, gender, age, marital status, working
time, education, nurse position, levels of nursing, and patient safety training) also
nurses' perception of patient safety culture. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture (HSOPC) was an instrument to assess patient safety culture. Data analysis used
IBM SPSS Statistics version 22.0 to describe the mean, median, minimum, and
maximum values and presentation. Results showed that the mean patient safety culture
among nurses in COVID-19 referral hospitals was 147.09 (62.55%). In addition, the
lowest dimension of patient safety culture was feedback and communication (31.75%),
while the highest was an organizational improvement (73.16%). Thus, the patient safety
culture in the COVID-19 referral hospital still needed improvement. A good patient
safety culture can increase patient safety and the quality of health services. Therefore,
hospital management should optimize all dimensions of patient safety culture to ensure
patient safety. Future research could explore predisposing factors of patient safety
culture