2011 User Comparative Database Report

Table B-7. Average Percentage of Respondents Giving Their Staff Position a Patient Safety Grade by Staff Position

Work Area/ Patient Safety Grade		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
A	Excellent	39%	28%	25%	27%	20%	24%	31%	32%	32%
B	Very Good	47%	46%	50%	45%	47%	46%	46%	46%	46%
C	Acceptable	13%	21%	22%	22%	26%	23%	19%	18%	19%
D	Poor	1%	4%	3%	5%	6%	5%	3%	3%	3%
E	Failing	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%

Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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Page last reviewed October 2014
Page originally created April 2011

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