Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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Table C-4.Trending: Average Distribution of Number of Events Reported in the Past 12 Months by Respondent Work Area/Unit

Number of Events Reported		Work Area/Unit
		Anesthe- siology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstetrics	Pediatr.	Pharm.	Psych/ Mental Health	Radi- ology	Rehabil- itation	Surgery
		10 Hospi- tals both yrs	68 Hospi- tals both yrs	39 Hospi- tals both yrs	83 Hospi- tals both yrs	84 Hospi- tals both yrs	37 Hospi- tals both yrs	21 Hospi- tals both yrs	61 Hospi- tals both yrs	20 Hospi- tals both yrs	80 Hospi- tals both yrs	66 Hospi- tals both yrs	72 Hospi- tals both yrs
		170 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,035 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,315 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,102 Most Recent Respon- dents	2,702 Most Recent Respon- dents	586 Most Recent Respon- dents	497 Most Recent Respon- dents	617 Most Recent Respon- dents	504 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,066 Most Recent Respon- dents	546 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,984 Most Recent Respon- dents
		85 Previous Respon- dents	903 Previous Respon- dents	988 Previous Respon- dents	890 Previous Respon- dents	2,048 Previous Respon- dents	551 Previous Respon- dents	456 Previous Respon- dents	487 Previous Respon- dents	467 Previous Respon- dents	810 Previous Respon- dents	650 Previous Respon- dents	1,635 Previous Respon- dents
No events	Most Recent	52%	39%	32%	50%	35%	47%	50%	41%	54%	56%	57%	51%
	Previous	65%	42%	29%	63%	38	35%	44%	43%	47%	66%	66%	46%
	Change	-13%	-3%	3%	-13%	-3%	12%	6%	-2%	7%	-10%	-9%	5%
1 to 2 events	Most Recent	45%	33%	41%	31%	33%	33%	32%	17%	19%	31%	32%	51%
	Previous	31%	31%	35%	25%	29%	38%	36%	14%	30%	24%	25%	46%
	Change	14%	2%	6%	6%	4%	-5%	-4%	3%	-11%	7%	7%	-8%
3 to 5 events	Most Recent	3%	17%	16%	12%	19%	15%	16%	13%	11%	13%	7%	14%
	Previous	3%	18%	23%	8%	22%	16%	15%	13%	18%	7%	7%	13%
	Change	0%	-1%	-7%	4%	-3%	-1%	1%	0%	-7%	6%	0%	1%
6 to 10 events	Most Recent	0%	6%	8%	4%	9%	4%	1%	9%	11%	1%	3%	5%
	Previous	1%	6%	9%	3%	7%	8%	4%	10%	4%	2%	1%	3%
	Change	-1%	0%	-1%	1%	2%	-4%	-3%	-1%	7%	-1%	2%	2%
11 to 20 events	Most Recent	0%	3%	2%	1%	3%	2%	0%	9%	3%	0%	0%	1%
	Previous	0%	2%	5%	1%	3%	3%	0%	7%	1%	1%	0%	2%
	Change	0%	1%	-3%	0%	0%	-1%	0%	2%	2%	-1%	0%	-1%
21 event reports or more	Most Recent	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	12%	2%	0%	0%	0%
	Previous	0%	1%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	13%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Change	0%	0%	1%	1%	-1%	0%	0%	-1%	2%	0%	0%	0%

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.

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