This tool is designed to help health care organizations assess the climate of patient safety in their workplaces. When the organization has various members of the health care team respond to the questions, the survey provides insight and material for discussion. The Checklist for Assessing Institutional Resilience was developed by James Reason, PhD, and John Wreathall, both of whom are noted authorities on human factors science.

Download the tool for complete instructions. It may be helpful to distribute the Checklist for Assessing Institutional Resilience to your organization’s management team, the patient safety committee, and clinical staff. Each person should complete the Checklist individually, but there is no need to summarize the results. The individual self-assessments should provide material for a fruitful discussion.