Table B-4. Percent of Respondents Reporting Events in the Past 12 Months by Respondent Work Area/Unit

Number of Events Reported by Respondents Work Area/Unit
Anesthe-
siology
Emer-
gency
ICU
(any type)
Lab Medicine Obstetrics Pediatr. Pharm. Psych/
Mentl Hlth
Radi-
ology
Rehabil-
itation
Surgery
88
Hospi-
tals
301
Hospi-
tals
215
Hospi-
tals
319
Hospi-
tals
319
Hospi-
tals
195
Hospi-
tals
116
Hospi-
tals
271
Hospi-
tals
115
Hospi-
tals
330
Hospi-
tals
286
Hospi-
tals
299
Hospi-
tals
720
Respon-
dents
5,168
Respon-
dents
5,992
Respon-
dents
5,118
Respon-
dents
8,279
Respon-
dents
3,880
Respon-
dents
1,763
Respon-
dents
2,744
Respon-
dents
2,301
Respon-
dents
5,600
Respon-
dents
4,153
Respon-
dents
9,351
Respon-
dents
No events 59% 44% 31% 51% 38% 40% 50% 41% 48% 56% 58% 46%
1 to 2 events 31% 32% 35% 28% 31% 40% 31% 16% 29% 31% 32% 33%
3 to 5 events 5% 15% 24% 11% 22% 14% 14% 15% 14% 10% 7% 14%
6 to 10 events 3% 5% 7% 5% 6% 5% 4% 12% 6% 3% 2% 5%
11 to 20 events 1% 2% 2% 2% 3% 1% 0% 8% 2% 1% 0% 2%
21 event reports or more 2% 1% 0% 2% 1% 0% 0% 8% 1% 0% 0% 1%

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