Contributions of healthcare staff to promote patient safety in intensive care Contribuições da equipe de saúde visando à promoção da segurança do paciente no cuidado intensivo Contribuciones del equipo de salud para la promoción de la seguridad del paciente en cuidados intensivos

Objective: Presenting the recommendations of health professionals from an Intensive Care Unit for the improvement of patient safety culture. Methods: Descriptive-exploratory study, with a quantitative approach, resulting from the application of the Survey about Patient Safety in Hospitals, 59 professional staff participated between November 2013 and January 2014. Results: Were obtained 124 recommendations, which were categorized according to aspects of the instrument. Highlighting recommendations related to the support of the hospital management to patient safety, in particular, the supply of material resources; and also to organizational learning and continuous improvement, with suggestions for training and implementation of protocols aimed at standardizing the assistance. Conclusion: The study permitted to list significant recommendations for improvements in patient safety, and made it possible to identify the dimensions of safety culture that have more vulnerabilities.