Abstract:Objective：To evaluate the medical staffs’ perception of patient safety culture in geriatric hospital，to investigate the status quo and influencing factors，then to provide evidence for the development appropriate intervention strategies for improving the quality of health care services for the elderly. Methods：A convenient sampling method was adopted to select 215 medical staffs in Jiangsu province geriatric hospital. The investigation was conducted by using the Chinese version of Hospital Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire（HSOPSC）. Results：The overall score of perception of patient safety culture was 3.72±0.455 and positive response rate was 65.29% for medical staffs in geriatric hospital. Female and nursing medical personnel had higher overall evaluation score on patient safety（P < 0.05）. The evaluation scores of “feedback and communication for errors”，“hospital management support”，“comprehensive understanding of patient safety”，“willingness and action of managers in promoting patient safety” and “collaboration among hospital departments” of medical professionals in nursing were all higher than those of non-nursing professionals. Conclusions：The perception of medical staffs’patient safety culture is at a medium level，it is suggested to build the punitive adverse event reporting system，to construct the supporting system environment. And it needs to use the nursing professional advantage for reference to strengthen patient safety training for other medical staffs on the error feedback，organizational support，and so on. These interventions will be good to continuous improvement of more comprehensive patient safety culture，and better ensure the safety of the patients.