Table B-3. Percent of Respondents Giving Their Work Area/Unit a Patient Safety Grade by Respondent Work Area/Unit
2007 Comparative Database Report
| Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade | Work Area/Unit | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthe- siology | Emer- gency | ICU (any type) | Lab | Medicine | Obstetrics | Pediatr. | Pharm. | Psych/ Mentl Hlth | Radi- ology | Rehabil- itation | Surgery | |
| 88 Hospi- tals | 301 Hospi- tals | 215 Hospi- tals | 319 Hospi- tals | 319 Hospi- tals | 195 Hospi- tals | 116 Hospi- tals | 271 Hospi- tals | 115 Hospi- tals | 330 Hospi- tals | 286 Hospi- tals | 299 Hospi- tals | |
| 720 Respon- dents | 5,168 Respon- dents | 5,992 Respon- dents | 5,118 Respon- dents | 8,279 Respon- dents | 3,880 Respon- dents | 1,763 Respon- dents | 2,744 Respon- dents | 2,301 Respon- dents | 5,600 Respon- dents | 4,153 Respon- dents | 9,351 Respon- dents | |
| A. Excellent | 36% | 15% | 15% | 24% | 12% | 20% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 34% | 31% |
| B. Very Good | 43% | 46% | 48% | 51% | 46% | 49% | 44% | 51% | 43% | 53% | 47% | 46% |
| C. Acceptable | 15% | 31% | 29% | 20% | 33% | 25% | 28% | 20% | 27% | 20% | 15% | 18% |
| D. Poor | 3% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| E. Failing | 3% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |


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