Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade	Work Area/Unit
	Anesthe- siology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstetrics	Pediatr.	Pharm.	Psych/ Mental Health	Radi- ology	Rehabil- itation	Surgery
	135 Hospi- tals	405 Hospi- tals	313 Hospi- tals	443 Hospi- tals	433 Hospi- tals	269 Hospi- tals	183 Hospi- tals	375 Hospi- tals	174 Hospi- tals	449 Hospi- tals	385 Hospi- tals	417 Hospi- tals
	1,115 Respon- dents	7,846 Respon- dents	9,845 Respon- dents	7,740 Respon- dents	13,228 Respon- dents	5,800 Respon- dents	4,044 Respon- dents	4,159 Respon- dents	3,308 Respon- dents	8,439 Respon- dents	5,708 Respon- dents	14,327 Respon- dents
A. Excellent	35%	16%	18%	27%	14%	20%	23%	24%	23%	28%	35%	32%
B. Very Good	42%	46%	47%	51%	48%	50%	49%	50%	46%	50%	47%	45%
C. Acceptable	19%	30%	27%	19%	30%	24%	22%	19%	24%	19%	15%	18%
D. Poor	2%	7%	6%	3%	6%	5%	5%	5%	7%	3%	2%	4%
E. Failing	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%

Note: ICU = Intensive Care Unit; Pediatr. = Pediatrics; Pharm. = Pharmacy.

Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100 percent due to rounding of decimals.