Unsafe Transfusion Practices Expose Patients To The Risk Of Adverse Transfusion Reactions And Infection Transmission. Values, Beliefs, Attitudes, And Behaviours Shared Among Organisation Members Contribute To The Culture Of Patient Safety And In The Workplace. A Positive Safety Culture Enhances Organisation Safety Outcomes. Many Countries Focus Mainly On Clinical Staff Dealing With Direct Patient Care When Dealing With Patient Safety Issues. This Study Aims To Assess Patient Safety Culture Among Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLTs) In Transfusion Medicine Services In Public Hospitals. This Was A Cross-sectional Study That Was Conducted From October Until November 2020 In All Public Hospitals In Malaysia. The Validated Bilingual Version Of The Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) Was Used. The Inclusion Criteria Were All MLTs In All Public Hospitals Involved In Transfusion Medicine Services In Their Daily Work And During On-calls. MLTs Who Were Only Involved With Mobile Support Blood Banks Were Excluded. Universal Sampling Was Applied.
Introduction: In Malaysia, Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Are Considered The Leading Causes Of Death, And Cardiovascular Diseases Are Responsible For Most Of The NCD Deaths, Followed By Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, And Diabetes. The Workplace Is Also An Integral Part Of The Community, And The Workers Spend As Much As Half Of Their Waking Hours At Work. Recognising The Increasing Trend Of NCD And NCD Risk Factors Among Workers In Malaysia, The Ministry Of Health (MOH) Malaysia Has Introduced A New Program To Prevent And Reduce The Occurrence Of NCDs As Well As Related Risk Factors In The Workplace Environment Known As KOSPEN Plus In 2016. This Study Aims To Evaluate The Awareness And Perception Of The KOSPEN Plus Program After 3y Of Implementation In MOH Health Facilities, Government, And Private Agencies In Malaysia. Method: A Cross-sectional Study Design Was Conducted From January To March 2020. All Agencies That Had Implemented The KOSPEN Plus Program Between 2016 And 31 December 2018 In All 16 States In Malaysia Were Included In The Study. In Each State, A Liaison Officer (LO) From The State Health Department Was Identified To Assist The Investigators In Identifying The Study Respondents From Agencies. Then, In Each Agency, The LO Approached One Of The Members Of The KOSPEN Plus Coordinating Committee As A Respondent. A Self-administered Questionnaire In Electronic Form Was Used For Data Collection. The Questionnaire Contained Three Modules As Follows: Respondent And Organization Information; Eight Scopes Of The KOSPEN Plus Program; And Perception Toward The KOSPEN Plus Program. The Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (CASI) Approach Was Employed To Obtain Data. The Survey Questionnaire Was Sent To The Respondent's Preferred Email Addresses.
Prolonged Response To Chronic Emotional And Interpersonal Stressors On The Job Can Predispose To Burnout. The Global Prevalence Of Burnout Among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) Is Showing An Increasing Trend. Apart From Compromising Their Productivity, Motivation, And Patient Care Affecting Patient Care, Burnout Is Also Associated With The Intention To Leave Among HCWs, Subsequently Causing Significant Financial Loss Due To The Brain Drain Of HCWs. Worldwide, The Prevalence Of Burnout Among Certain Groups Of HCWs Has Been Extensively Studied. In 2019, Institute For Health Management Embarked On The First National-level Study To Determine The Level Of Burnout Among Nurses And AMOs In The Public Healthcare Facilities In Malaysia. Besides Determining The Prevalence Of Burnout And Its Associated Factors Among Them, This Study Also Aimed To Assess The Relationship Between Stress, Coping Strategies, And Burnout. The Study Tools Included Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), Personal Stress Inventory (PSI), And Brief COPE. This Cross-sectional Study Applied A Complex Sampling Design With Two-staged Stratified Cluster Sampling Throughout All The Public Hospitals And District Health Offices (DHOs) In Malaysia To Obtain A Nationally-representative Sample Of Nurses And AMOs. Link Of Technical Report: Https://ihm.moh.gov.my/images/publication/TECHNICAL-REPORT/BURNOUT-STUDY/2021_TR-_PREVALENCE_OF_BURNOUT_AMONG_NURSES_IN_MINISTRY_OF_HEALTH_MALAYSIA.pdf Https://ihm.moh.gov.my/images/publication/TECHNICAL-REPORT/BURNOUT-STUDY/2022_TR_-_PREVALENCE_OF_BURNOUT_AMONG_AMO_IN_MINISTRY_OF_HEALTH_MALAYSIA.pdf