Table 2: Assessment of risk factors that interfere in patient safety in intensive care (n = 163).

Risk factors that interfere with patient safety in critical care n NOT % N YES %
Inadequate infrastructure 18 11.0 145 89.0
Materials of poor quality 42 25.7 121 74.3
Old technological equipment and without periodic revision 52 31.9 111 68.1
Employee overload 51 31.2 112 68.2
Absence of employees by attestation or health leave 35 21.4 128 78.6
Communication errors 45 27.6 118 72.4
Drug therapy 72 44.1 91 55.9
Error in patient identification 74 45.3 89 54.7
Error in using barrier methods 81 49.6 82 50.4
Absence of nursing systematization 23 14.1 140 85.9
Intensive care hospital infection 76 46.7 87 53.3