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Table 1 Number of interviewees by profession and by management responsibility

From: Why is patient safety so hard in low-income countries? A qualitative study of healthcare workers’ views in two African hospitals

Profession

Number of interviewees

Management Responsibility

Number of interviewees

Nurses (surgery, paediatric, gynaeco-obstetric departments)

21

Senior hospital management

3

Physicians (surgery, gynaeco-obstetric departments)

16

Head of Department

10

Anaesthetic technicians

8

Nurse in charge of department or unit

8

Clinical services (e.g. microbiology, pharmacy, blood bank)

10

No managerial responsibility (fully qualified)

29

Administration

2

Trainees

7

TOTAL

57

TOTAL

57