patient safety culture as viewed by medical and diagnostic staff of selected tehran hospitals, iran

background: today, patient safety is an important issue in providing hospital services. any failure in this area can cause undesirable consequences. objective:  the present study evaluated the status of patient safety culture in educational hospitals of tehran, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study surveyed 205 therapeutic and diagnostic personnel of three tehran hospitals selected using the clustered method; samples were collected in a randomized manner. to examine patient safety culture, the standard questionnaire of patient safety culture with 12 dimensions was used. data was analyzed using spss software. results: in the 12 dimensions of patient safety culture, exchange of data, expectations, and organization management had the lowest means of 3.28 (±0.87), and 3.32 (±0.74) among the various aspects of patient safety culture. additionally, the two dimensions of teamwork within the organization’s units and frequency of reporting events with means of 3.71 (±0.79) and 3.73 (±0.7) had the highest means among the studied 12 dimensions of patient safety culture. the total mean of patient safety culture in the studied hospitals was 3.5 (±0.5). conclusion: increasing the attention paid to patient safety culture will lead to the development and progress of hospitals in the country and will guide them toward becoming patient-friendly hospitals. those dimensions which had low mean values in this study should be paid more attention so as to promote and protect them.