Table B-5. Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Respondent Staff Position

2007 Comparative Database Report

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
	361 Hospi- tals	251 Hospi- tals	204 Hospi- tals	311 Hospi- tals	261 Hospi- tals	374 Hospi- tals	334 Hospi- tals	319 Hospi- tals	354 Hospi- tals
	6,938 Respon- dents	4,414 Respon- dents	725 Respon- dents	5,904 Respon- dents	1,561 Respon- dents	36,991 Respon- dents	10,947 Respon- dents	4,791 Respon- dents	6,848 Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	85%	81%	76%	72%	80%	78%	76%	83%	76%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	83%	69%	74%	73%	76%	73%	74%	77%	77%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	82%	68%	73%	70%	68%	64%	69%	70%	73%
4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	79%	70%	68%	70%	74%	69%	67%	70%	68%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	71%	62%	65%	58%	62%	58%	69%	70%	66%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	72%	61%	67%	62%	64%	58%	62%	65%	65%
7. Communication Openness	73%	64%	62%	57%	72%	61%	62%	68%	59%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	64%	56%	53%	63%	52%	60%	58%	56%	63%
9. Teamwork Across Units	62%	59%	59%	59%	56%	54%	55%	62%	57%
10. Staffing	61%	55%	56%	49%	55%	57%	56%	59%	53%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	46%	42%	39%	49%	31%	47%	40%	43%	45%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	60%	43%	44%	33%	59%	43%	42%	49%	39%
Average Across Composites	70%	61%	61%	60%	62%	60%	61%	64%	62%

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Internet Citation: Table B-5. Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Respondent Staff Position: 2007 Comparative Database Report. December 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2007/hospdbtabb5.html