Objective:

to determine the level of patient safety culture in primary care health professionals.

Materials and methods:

cross-sectional correlational study, in which participated 51 health professionals of 14 Health Centers in Bucaramanga in 2017. The Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Primary Care was used. The information was analyzed using the statistical package PAST, version 3.08, and the chi-square test of homogeneity and the Mann Whitney U test.

Results:

It was evidenced that none of the dimensions was categorized either as a strength nor as a weakness and a positive global score of 45% was obtained. The safety culture was better valued by the female population and among the professionals in occupational therapy, speech therapy and physiotherapy. The dimensions with the best rating were global score and information exchange with other assistance services. Significant differences were found with the variables age, profession, seniority at work, number of hours worked in the week and type of contract.

Conclusions:

the culture of patient safety in the institutions evaluated is not perceived as a strength, evidencing the need for improvement plans oriented to this area.

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