2012 User Comparative Database Report

Table D-1. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Work Area/Unit

Patient Safety Culture Composites		Database Year	Work Area/Unit
Patient Safety Culture Composites		Database Year	Anes- thesi- ology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Med- icine	Obstet- rics	Pedia- trics	Phar- macy	Psych/ Mentl Hlth	Radi- ology	Reha- bili- tation	Surg- ery
# Hospitals		Both Years	75	446	392	415	476	315	176	345	180	434	353	455
# Respondents		Most Recent	1,646	17,629	22,370	14,201	38,021	13,427	10,501	8,204	6,817	16,255	9,750	28,433
# Respondents		Previous	2,721	14,486	19,550	12,177	28,629	11,708	9,623	7,263	5,536	14,735	9,192	24,749
1.	Teamwork Within Units	Most Recent	80%	78%	84%	76%	78%	81%	83%	76%	79%	79%	87%	78%
		Previous	80%	77%	84%	76%	76%	80%	82%	75%	79%	78%	85%	77%
		Change	0%	1%	0%	0%	2%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%
2.	Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	Most Recent	76%	70%	73%	75%	74%	72%	75%	76%	76%	76%	82%	73%
		Previous	76%	69%	73%	75%	73%	72%	75%	75%	76%	75%	81%	73%
		Change	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%
3.	Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	Most Recent	74%	68%	73%	72%	73%	72%	75%	76%	73%	73%	78%	74%
		Previous	73%	66%	73%	72%	73%	73%	74%	75%	72%	71%	74%	74%
		Change	1%	2%	0%	0%	0%	-1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	4%	0%
4.	Management Support for Patient Safety	Most Recent	68%	64%	65%	74%	69%	70%	72%	71%	71%	75%	79%	70%
		Previous	68%	62%	65%	75%	68%	69%	72%	70%	69%	74%	77%	69%
		Change	0%	2%	0%	-1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%
5.	Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	Most Recent	66%	57%	61%	70%	60%	64%	69%	64%	62%	75%	78%	66%
		Previous	65%	55%	60%	70%	59%	63%	69%	64%	62%	73%	75%	66%
		Change	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	2%	3%	0%
6.	Feedback & Communication About Error	Most Recent	66%	58%	61%	64%	62%	63%	64%	68%	67%	65%	73%	65%
		Previous	65%	57%	60%	63%	61%	62%	62%	65%	67%	65%	70%	64%
		Change	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	3%	0%	0%	3%	1%
7.	Frequency of Events Reported	Most Recent	56	58%	60%	70%	64%	63%	65%	60%	67%	61%	67%	66%
		Previous	57%	57%	60%	69%	62%	64%	66%	57%	64%	59%	63%	64%
		Change	-1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	-1%	-1%	3%	3%	2%	4%	2%
8.	Communication Openness	Most Recent	66%	58%	61%	60%	58%	61%	65%	65%	62%	62%	72%	61%
		Previous	66%	58%	62%	60%	58%	61%	62%	64%	63%	63%	69%	61%
		Change	0%	0%	-1%	0%	0%	0%	3%	1%	-1%	-1%	3%	0%
9.	Teamwork Across Units	Most Recent	52%	49%	58%	55%	58%	58%	59%	54%	56%	57%	63%	55%
		Previous	53%	74%	56%	55%	57%	56%	58%	54%	55%	56%	60%	54%
		Change	-1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	3%	1%
10.	Staffing	Most Recent	56%	50%	58%	56%	53%	62%	61%	54%	56%	64%	64%	56%
		Previous	54%	48%	58%	55%	52%	58%	60%	54%	58%	63%	62%	55%
		Change	2%	2%	0%	1%	1%	4%	1%	0%	-2%	1%	2%	1%
11.	Handoffs & Transitions	Most Recent	39%	49%	52%	37%	46%	57%	52%	31%	43%	45%	42%	43%
		Previous	40%	48%	51%	37%	45%	52%	50%	31%	43%	42%	40%	41%
		Change	-1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	5%	2%	0%	0%	3%	2%	2%
12.	Nonpunitive Response to Error	Most Recent	44%	38%	40%	39%	41%	41%	47%	50%	47%	43%	61%	43%
		Previous	44%	35%	39%	39%	41%	42%	43%	51%	47%	43%	57%	43%
		Change	0%	3%	1%	0%	0%	-1%	4%	-1%	0%	0%	4%	0%

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