Table B-5.

Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position

2009 Comparative Database Report

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Staff Position
	Admin/ Mgmt	Attending/ Physician/ Resident/ PA or NP	Dietician	Pat Care Asst/ Aide/ Care Partner	Pharmacist	RN/ LVN/ LPN	Technician (EKG, Lab, Radiology)	Therapist (Respiratory, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/ Clerk/ Secretary
	581 H	444 H	320 H	530 H	434 H	606 H	549 H	529 H	573 H
	13,750 R	8,084 R	1,195 R	10,386 R	3,123 R	66,261 R	19,230 R	9,026 R	11,914 R
1. Teamwork Within Units	88%	82%	81%	74%	80%	79%	77%	84%	77%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	84%	71%	77%	75%	77%	73%	75%	77%	76%
3. Organizational Learning-Continuous Improvement	81%	71%	69%	73%	74%	70%	69%	70%	70%
4. Management Support for Patient Safety	83%	69%	75%	73%	68%	64%	70%	71%	73%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	73%	63%	66%	61%	61%	59%	70%	69%	65%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	74%	61%	68%	64%	64%	58%	63%	65%	65%
7. Communication Openness	75%	63%	65%	57%	71%	61%	62%	67%	60%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	66%	55%	57%	65%	52%	61%	59%	55%	65%
9. Teamwork Across Units	63%	59%	61%	59%	55%	54%	54%	61%	57%
10. Staffing	63%	55%	55%	49%	56%	56%	56%	58%	51%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	45%	44%	37%	49%	30%	47%	39%	41%	45%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	62%	42%	45%	36%	60%	43%	43%	50%	39%
Average Across Composites	71%	61%	63%	61%	62%	60%	61%	64%	62%

Key: H = Hospitals; R = Respondents

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Page last reviewed April 2009

Internet Citation: Table B-5.: Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position. April 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2009/tabb-5.html