2011 User Comparative Database Report

Table B-5. Item-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Staff Position
	Admin/ Mgmt	Attending/ Physician/ Resident/ PA or NP	Dietitian	Pat. Care Asst/ Aide/ Care Partner	Pharmacist	RN/ LVN/ LPN	Tech (EKG, Lab, Radiol)	Therapist (Respir, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/ Clerk/ Secretary
	882 Hospitals	472 Hospitals	186 Hospitals	736 Hospitals	471 Hospitals	1,013 Hospitals	861 Hospitals	790 Hospitals	831 Hospitals
	36,031 Respon- dents	24,384 Respon- dents	1,877 Respon- dents	23,551 Respon- dents	7,732 Respon- dents	158,462 Respon- dents	47,037 Respon- dents	21,230 Respon- dents	29,028 Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	89%	82%	81%	73%	76%	80%	76%	84%	78%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	86%	71%	76%	73%	74%	74%	73%	78%	76%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	85%	70%	76%	72%	67%	67%	72%	73%	75%
4. Organizational Learning—Continuous Improvement	83%	71%	72%	73%	74%	73%	70%	71%	72%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	75%	64%	65%	63%	59%	62%	70%	72%	68%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	78%	60%	66%	65%	62%	60%	63%	66%	68%
7. Frequency of Events Reported	70%	54%	57%	66%	52%	63%	63%	57%	67%
8. Communication Openness	77%	64%	65%	56%	64%	61%	60%	67%	61%
9. Teamwork Across Units	66%	59%	61%	58%	51%	56%	55%	62%	58%
10. Staffing	64%	54%	54%	50%	54%	59%	57%	61%	54%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	47%	42%	36%	48%	28%	48%	39%	42%	45%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	62%	40%	44%	35%	53%	44%	40%	51%	39%
Average Across Composites	74%	61%	63%	61%	60%	62%	62%	65%	63%

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Page originally created April 2011

Internet Citation: Table B-5. Item-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position. Content last reviewed October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2011/hosp11tabb5.html