Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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Table C-5. Trending: Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Respondent Staff Position

Patient Safety Culture Composites		Staff Position
		Admin/ Mgmt	Attending/ Physician/ Resident/ PA or NP	Dietician	Pat Care Asst/Aide/ Care Partner	Pharmacist	RN/LVN/ LPN	Technician (EKG, Lab, Radiology)	Therapist (Respiratory, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/ Clerk/ Secretary
		92 Hospi- tals both yrs	53 Hospi- tals both yrs	27 Hospi- tals both yrs	58 Hospi- tals both yrs	41 Hospi- tals both yrs	98 Hospi- tals both yrs	70 Hospi- tals both yrs	66 Hospi- tals both yrs	89 Hospi- tals both yrs
		1,201 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,656 Most Recent Respon- dents	117 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,160 Most Recent Respon- dents	297 Most Recent Respon- dents	7,452 Most Recent Respon- dents	2,113 Most Recent Respon- dents	891 Most Recent Respon- dents	1,270 Most Recent Respon- dents
		1,046 Previous Respon- dents	1,118 Previous Respon- dents	83 Previous Respon- dents	1,062 Previous Respon- dents	235 Previous Respon- dents	6,560 Previous Respon- dents	1,513 Previous Respon- dents	814 Previous Respon- dents	1,105 Previous Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	Most Recent	89%	84%	85%	75%	85%	79%	79%	84%	78%
	Previous	84%	81%	88%	73%	83%	79%	77%	83%	80%
	Change	5%	3%	-3%	2%	2%	0%	2%	1%	-2%
2. Supv/Mgr Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	Most Recent	85%	73%	83%	75%	80%	74%	78%	79%	76%
	Previous	81%	68%	76%	74%	79%	73%	76%	79%	81%
	Change	4%	5%	7%	1%	1%	1%	2%	0%	-5%
3. Mgmt Support for Patient Safety	Most Recent	85%	74%	71%	76%	74%	67%	75%	71%	77%
	Previous	81%	68%	73%	69%	73%	67%	73%	71%	77%
	Change	3%	6%	-2%	7%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%
4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	Most Recent	85%	75%	76%	78%	81%	72%	73%	72%	70%
	Previous	81%	72%	81%	70%	78%	71%	69%	74%	73%
	Change	4%	3%	-5%	8%	3%	1%	4%	-2%	-3%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	Most Recent	74%	65%	68%	65%	73%	64%	75%	74%	70%
	Previous	72%	63%	76%	59%	67%	61%	72%	71%	71%
	Change	2%	2%	-8%	6%	6%	3%	3%	3%	-1%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	Most Recent	76%	63%	71%	64%	70%	58%	65%	67%	63%
	Previous	72%	56%	77%	58%	66%	59%	63%	68%	69%
	Change	4%	7%	-6%	6%	4%	-1%	2%	-1%	-6%
7. Communication Openness	Most Recent	76%	69%	63%	56%	76%	61%	63%	69%	58%
	Previous	71%	59%	71%	53%	71%	61%	61%	67%	61%
	Change	5%	10%	-8%	3%	5%	0%	2%	2%	-3%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	Most Recent	67%	63%	65%	66%	65%	66%	61%	53%	65%
	Previous	64%	62%	60%	59%	50%	62%	60%	58%	67%
	Change	3%	1%	5%	7%	15%	4%	1%	-5%	-2%
9. Teamwork Across Units	Most Recent	67%	64%	61%	61%	64%	59%	59%	65%	61%
	Previous	63%	62%	70%	63%	56%	57%	58%	61%	65%
	Change	4%	2%	-9%	-2%	8%	2%	1%	4%	-4%
10. Staffing	Most Recent	65%	62%	60%	47%	59%	58%	60%	62%	52%
	Previous	61%	63%	70%	47%	57%	59%	59%	62%	57%
	Change	4%	-1%	-10%	0%	2%	-1%	1%	0%	-5%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	Most Recent	51%	53%	43%	47%	33%	53%	42%	45%	52%
	Previous	50%	48%	52%	50%	36%	50%	42%	42%	52%
	Change	1%	5%	-9%	-3%	-3%	3%	0%	3%	0%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	Most Recent	65%	41%	50%	37%	70%	45%	44%	56%	41%
	Previous	61%	42%	55%	32%	68%	45%	42%	52%	44%
	Change	4%	-1%	-5%	5%	2%	0%	2%	4%	-3%

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