Table B-7.

Percent of Respondents Giving Their Work Area/Unit a Patient Safety Grade by Respondent Staff Position

2008 Comparative Database Report

Work Area/Unit Patient Safety Grade	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
	487 Hospi- tals	346 Hospi- tals	265 Hospi- tals	438 Hospi- tals	345 Hospi- tals	510 Hospi- tals	458 Hospi- tals	433 Hospi- tals	479 Hospi- tals
	10,955 Respon- dents	7,345 Respon- dents	1,046 Respon- dents	8,663 Respon- dents	2,387 Respon- dents	55,119 Respon- dents	16,173 Respon- dents	7,258 Respon- dents	9,864 Respon- dents
A. Excellent	29%	23%	25%	23%	20%	19%	27%	29%	26%
B. Very Good	53%	49%	48%	47%	50%	48%	49%	47%	48%
C. Acceptable	16%	22%	23%	24%	22%	26%	19%	20%	22%
D. Poor	2%	5%	4%	4%	6%	6%	3%	3%	3%
E. Failing	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%

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

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Page last reviewed March 2008

Internet Citation: Table B-7. : Percent of Respondents Giving Their Work Area/Unit a Patient Safety Grade by Respondent Staff Position. March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2008/tableb7.html