2011 User Comparative Database Report

Table D-8. Trending: Average Percentage of Respondents Reporting Events in the Past 12 Months by Staff Position

Number of Events Reported by Respondents	Database Year	Staff Position
Number of Events Reported by Respondents	Database Year	Admin/ Mgmt	Attending Physician/ Resident/ PA or NP	Dietitian	Pat. Care Asst/ Aide/ Care Partner	Pharm- acist	RN/ LVN/ LPN	Tech (EKG, Lab, Radiol)	Therapist (Respir, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/ Clerk/ Secretary
# Hospitals	Both Years	405	178	66	312	172	502	385	326	377
# Respondents	Most Recent	18,495	11,987	709	11,896	3,178	83,722	23,345	10,268	14,881
# Respondents	Previous	17,233	13,399	766	11,902	2,464	71,922	19,730	8,698	12,253
No events	Most Recent	50%	61%	80%	77%	29%	32%	57%	60%	83%
	Previous	47%	62%	68%	78%	31%	35%	58%	62%	80%
	Change	3%	-1%	12%	-1%	-2%	-3%	-1%	-2%	3%
1 to 2 events	Most Recent	22%	27%	14%	18%	23%	39%	28%	31%	13%
	Previous	23%	26%	16%	17%	24%	36%	28%	29%	15%
	Change	-1%	1%	-2%	1%	-1%	3%	0%	2%	-2%
3 to 5 events	Most Recent	15%	8%	4%	3%	22%	20%	9%	6%	3%
	Previous	15%	8%	6%	3%	18%	19%	9%	6%	4%
	Change	0%	0%	-2%	0%	4%	1%	0%	0%	-1%
6 to 10 events	Most Recent	7%	2%	0%	1%	12%	7%	3%	2%	1%
	Previous	7%	3%	5%	1%	14%	7%	3%	2%	1%
	Change	0%	-1%	-5%	0%	-2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
11 to 20 events	Most Recent	4%	1%	1%	0%	7%	2%	1%	0%	0%
	Previous	4%	1%	3%	0%	7%	2%	1%	0%	0%
	Change	0%	0%	-2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
21 event reports or more	Most Recent	3%	1%	0%	0%	7%	1%	1%	0%	0%
	Previous	3%	1%	3%	0%	6%	1%	1%	0%	0%
	Change	0%	0%	-3%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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

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Page originally created April 2011

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