Table D-1.

Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Response by Work Area/Unit

2009 Comparative Database Report

#	Work Area/Unit
#	Anesthes- iology	Emer.	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstet	Pediatrics	Pharmacy	Psych/ Mental Hlth	Radiology	Rehabili- tation	Surgery
No. of Hospitals Both Years	42	146	114	164	171	101	62	135	60	161	139	154
No. of Most Recent Respondents	293	3,442	4,032	2,926	7,598	2,600	1,356	1,705	1,174	3,275	2,090	5,282
No. of Previous Respondents	406	3,120	3,895	2,865	6,220	1,876	1,525	1,560	1,220	3,082	1,941	5,328

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Survey	Work Area/Unit
Patient Safety Culture Composites	Survey	Anesthes- iology	Emer.	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstet	Pediatrics	Pharmacy	Psych/ Mental Hlth	Radiology	Rehabili- tation	Surgery
1. Teamwork Within Units	Most Recent	83%	79%	82%	79%	75%	81%	77%	78%	77%	79%	86%	79%
	Previous	77%	76%	80%	78%	72%	74%	77%	75%	71%	78%	82%	75%
	Change	6%	3%	2%	1%	3%	7%	0%	3%	6%	1%	4%	4%
2. Supv/Mgr Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	Most Recent	75%	71%	70%	75%	72%	74%	78%	76%	77%	77%	83%	74%
	Previous	70%	73%	71%	75%	72%	72%	72%	76%	74%	76%	80%	74%
	Change	5%	-2%	-1%	0%	0%	2%	6%	0%	3%	1%	3%	0%
3. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	Most Recent	71%	65%	69%	73%	71%	72%	74%	75%	70%	71%	75%	75%
	Previous	71%	63%	68%	69%	67%	68%	65%	74%	66%	67%	71%	71%
	Change	0%	2%	1%	4%	4%	4%	9%	1%	4%	4%	4%	4%
4. Management Support for Patient Safety	Most Recent	64%	63%	59%	72%	65%	69%	66%	69%	65%	74%	74%	69%
	Previous	70%	60%	59%	71%	63%	64%	65%	68%	61%	70%	74%	67%
	Change	-6%	3%	0%	1%	2%	5%	1%	1%	4%	4%	0%	2%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	Most Recent	59%	54%	56%	71%	55%	62%	64%	64%	57%	73%	74%	68%
	Previous	61%	55%	55%	71%	53%	58%	63%	64%	57%	70%	73%	65%
	Change	-2%	-1%	1%	0%	2%	4%	1%	0%	0%	3%	1%	3%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	Most Recent	66%	55%	54%	65%	56%	62%	62%	65%	68%	64%	71%	64%
	Previous	60%	55%	53%	63%	56%	58%	60%	63%	58%	64%	68%	63%
	Change	6%	0%	1%	2%	0%	4%	2%	2%	10%	0%	3%	1%
7. Communication Openness	Most Recent	62%	60%	61%	62%	55%	63%	64%	69%	66%	63%	71%	64%
	Previous	70%	58%	60%	62%	55%	62%	64%	66%	59%	61%	67%	64%
	Change	-8%	2%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	3%	7%	2%	4%	0%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	Most Recent	59%	57%	57%	66%	62%	62%	62%	60%	65%	56%	61%	65%
	Previous	45%	57%	57%	64%	59%	58%	57%	57%	57%	52%	62%	62%
	Change	14%	0%	0%	2%	3%	4%	5%	3%	8%	4%	-1%	3%
9. Teamwork Across Units	Most Recent	50%	47%	52%	57%	56%	54%	53%	53%	51%	57%	60%	53%
	Previous	54%	49%	50%	55%	56%	52%	50%	54%	46%	55%	58%	52%
	Change	-4%	-2%	2%	2%	0%	2%	3%	-1%	5%	2%	2%	1%
10. Staffing	Most Recent	53%	47%	54%	54%	51%	58%	60%	54%	53%	64%	61%	55%
	Previous	46%	49%	52%	54%	51%	51%	60%	52%	51%	62%	60%	55%
	Change	7%	-2%	2%	0%	0%	7%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	0%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	Most Recent	37%	47%	46%	38%	49%	54%	47%	31%	40%	44%	38%	40%
	Previous	36%	48%	48%	38%	47%	49%	45%	31%	37%	42%	42%	41%
	Change	1%	-1%	-2%	0%	2%	5%	2%	0%	3%	2%	-4%	-1%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	Most Recent	43%	38%	38%	44%	41%	42%	43%	54%	51%	45%	57%	45%
	Previous	39%	35%	38%	43%	40%	37%	46%	52%	39%	44%	56%	46%
	Change	4%	3%	0%	1%	1%	5%	-3%	2%	12%	1%	1%	-1%

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