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Safety Culture Tool
(Vogus, 2004)
- 21 Items (1-5 scale) strongly disagree to strongly agree
- 3 Factors
- Mindfulness—5 items
respect individual colleagues contributions and take actions that help members build on each others care
- Heedful interrelating —10 items
communicate honestly with the team, talk about and learn from mistakes, share strengths and weaknesses
- Collective mind —6 items
Understand how all team members contribute to care, align actions to support team goals
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