2012 User Comparative Database Report

Table B-5. Composite-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
	975 Hospitals	543 Hospitals	227 Hospitals	842 Hospitals	541 Hospitals	1,109 Hospitals	971 Hospitals	897 Hospitals	928 Hospitals
	41,700 Respon- dents	29,162 Respon- dents	2,334 Respon- dents	29,213 Respon- dents	9,454 Respon- dents	191,381 Respon- dents	58,335 Respon- dents	24,776 Respon- dents	34,414 Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	89%	83%	81%	73%	77%	80%	76%	85%	78%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	86%	71%	76%	74%	75%	73%	73%	77%	76%
3. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	83%	70%	71%	74%	75%	72%	71%	71%	72%
4. Management Support for Patient Safety	85%	70%	75%	73%	67%	67%	73%	73%	76%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	75%	64%	66%	63%	60%	61%	70%	72%	67%
6.Feedback & Communication About Error	78%	59%	66%	67%	62%	61%	64%	66%	68%
7. Frequency of Events Reported	70%	54%	56%	67%	52%	63%	63%	58%	68%
8. Communication Openness	77%	64%	65%	57%	64%	60%	60%	66%	60%
9. Teamwork Across Units	67%	58%	60%	59%	51%	56%	55%	62%	58%
10. Staffing	64%	54%	55%	50%	54%	58%	58%	61%	54%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	47%	42%	36%	50%	28%	48%	41%	43%	45%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	63%	40%	44%	35%	52%	43%	41%	50%	39%
Average Across Composites	74%	61%	63%	62%	60%	62%	62%	65%	63%

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Internet Citation: Table B-5. Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position. Content last reviewed December 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2012/hosp12tabb5.html