2012 User Comparative Database Report

Table B-1. Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Work Area/Unit

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Work Area/Unit
	Anesthes-iology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstet- rics	Pediat- rics	Phar- macy	Psych/ Mental Hlth	Radiol- ogy	Rehabili- tation	Surgery
	174 Hosp- itals	842 Hosp- itals	723 Hosp- itals	823 Hosp- itals	884 Hosp- itals	635 Hosp- itals	332 Hosp- itals	706 Hosp- itals	402 Hosp- itals	868 Hosp- itals	727 Hosp- itals	888 Hosp- itals
	3,086 Respon- dents	29,862 Respon- dents	36,120 Respon- dents	25,391 Respon- dents	62,449 Respon- dents	23,709 Respon- dents	16,602 Respon- dents	15,154 Respon- dents	15,393 Respon- dents	29,929 Respon- dents	17,863 Respon- dents	51,857 Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	82%	78%	84%	76%	77%	81%	83%	75%	78%	79%	87%	77%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	76%	70%	73%	75%	73%	73%	74%	75%	74%	75%	81%	73%
3. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	74%	66%	72%	72%	72%	72%	74%	75%	71%	71%	76%	73%
4. Management Support for Patient Safety	67%	62%	64%	74%	67%	69%	71%	71%	69%	74%	77%	70%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	67%	55%	60%	70%	58%	64%	68%	64%	61%	74%	77%	66%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	66%	57%	60%	63%	60%	62%	63%	67%	65%	64%	71%	63%
7. Frequency of Events Reported	57%	57%	59%	69%	62%	63%	64%	58%	66%	60%	65%	65%
8. Communication Openness	68%	58%	61%	60%	57%	61%	64%	65%	60%	62%	71%	62%
9. Teamwork Across Units	53%	48%	57%	55%	57%	58%	59%	54%	53%	56%	62%	54%
10. Staffing	58%	50%	58%	56%	52%	61%	61%	56%	55%	64%	63%	56%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	39%	48%	51%	37%	46%	56%	51%	30%	42%	43%	41%	43%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	43%	36%	40%	39%	41%	41%	45%	51%	45%	43%	59%	43%
Average Across Composites	63%	57%	62%	62%	60%	63%	65%	62%	62%	64%	69%	62%

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