Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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Table C-8.Trending: Average Distribution of Number of Events Reported in the Past 12 Months by Respondent Staff Position

Number of Events Reported		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
No events	Most Recent	47%	65%	71%	75%	19%	28%	55%	63%	77%
	Previous	50%	69%	69%	70%	31%	30%	55%	57%	81%
	Change	-3%	-4%	2%	5%	-12%	-2%	0%	6%	-4%
1 to 2 events	Most Recent	24%	25%	21%	17%	23%	36%	31%	26%	18%
	Previous	23%	21%	18%	23%	13%	36%	29%	33%	15%
	Change	1%	4%	3%	-6%	10%	0%	2%	-7%	3%
3 to 5 events	Most Recent	13%	6%	4%	7%	16%	22%	31%	26%	18%
	Previous	15%	4%	6%	6%	15%	22%	29%	33%	15%
	Change	-2%	2%	-2%	1%	1%	0%	2%	-7%	3%
6 to 10 events	Most Recent	11%	3%	4%	1%	13%	9%	2%	2%	1%
	Previous	5%	1%	4%	1%	13%	7%	3%	27%	1%
	Change	6%	2%	0%	0%	0%	2%	-1%	0%	0%
11 to 20 events	Most Recent	3%	0%	0%	0%	16%	5%	1%	1%	0%
	Previous	5%	3%	0%	0%	14%	4%	1%	0%	0%
	Change	-2%	-3%	0%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	0%
21 event reports or more	Most Recent	2%	0%	0%	0%	13%	1%	1%	1%	0%
	Previous	2%	2%	4%	0%	14%	1%	0%	0%	0%
	Change	0%	-2%	-4%	0%	-1%	0%	1%	1%	0%

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

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