Table 7-6. Trending: Composite-level Results
| Patient
Safety Culture Composites |
Composite Average Percent
Positive Response |
| Most Recent |
Previous |
Change |
Maximum Increase |
Maximum Decrease |
Average Increase |
Average Decrease |
| 1. Teamwork
Within Units |
80% |
79% |
1% |
18% |
-14% |
5% |
-5% |
| 2. Supervisor/Manager
Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety |
76% |
74% |
2% |
21% |
-19% |
5% |
-6% |
| 3. Management
Support for Patient Safety |
73% |
72% |
1% |
27% |
-24% |
8% |
-6% |
| 4. Organizational
Learning-Continuous Improvement |
73% |
71% |
2% |
38% |
-17% |
7% |
-4% |
| 5. Overall
Perceptions of Patient Safety |
68% |
65% |
3% |
25% |
-16% |
7% |
-5% |
| 6. Feedback
& Communication About Error |
63% |
62% |
1% |
21% |
-19% |
6% |
-5% |
| 7. Communication
Openness |
63% |
61% |
2% |
25% |
-23% |
7% |
-5% |
| 8. Frequency
of Events Reported |
63% |
61% |
2% |
19% |
-28% |
7% |
-6% |
| 9. Teamwork
Across Units |
61% |
59% |
2% |
27% |
-18% |
7% |
-5% |
| 10. Staffing |
57% |
57% |
0% |
31% |
-18% |
6% |
-6% |
| 11. Handoffs
& Transitions |
49% |
48% |
1% |
41% |
-22% |
6% |
-5% |
| 12. Nonpunitive
Response to Error |
47% |
44% |
3% |
25% |
-15% |
6% |
-6% |
Note: Based on data from 98 hospitals that repeated survey administration and data submission; the number of respondents was 20,902 in the most recent database and 17,868 in the previous database.
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