Table D-5.

Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position

2009 Comparative Database Report

Patient Safety Culture Composites		Staff Position
		Admin/Mgmt	Attending/ Physician/ Resident/PA or NP	Dietician	Patient Care Asst/Aide/ Care Partner	Pharmacist	RN/LVN/LPN	Technician (EKG, Lab, Radiology)	Therapist (Resp, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/Clerk/ Secretary
		187 Hospitals Both Years	120 Hospitals Both Years	80 Hospitals Both Years	158 Hospitals Both Years	116 Hospitals Both Years	201 Hospitals Both Years	165 Hospitals Both Years	162 Hospitals Both Years	179 Hospitals Both Years
		4,881 Most Recent Respon- dents	2,869 Most Recent Respon- dents	365 Most Recent Respon- dents	3,755 Most Recent Respon- dents	985 Most Recent Respon- dents	22,584 Most Recent Respon- dents	5,948 Most Recent Respon- dents	2,831 Most Recent Respon- dents	3,700 Most Recent Respon- dents
		4,608 Previous Respon- dents	2,492 Previous Respon- dents	371 Previous Respon- dents	3,512 Previous Respon- dents	909 Previous Respon- dents	20,928 Previous Respon- dents	5,322 Previous Responvdents	2,675 Previous Respon- dents	3,741 Previous Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	Most Recent	89%	83%	84%	73%	80%	79%	77%	82%	77%
	Previous	84%	81%	81%	69%	73%	78%	73%	81%	76%
	Change	5%	2%	3%	4%	7%	1%	4%	1%	1%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	Most Recent	86%	72%	82%	74%	76%	73%	76%	78%	77%
	Previous	83%	67%	76%	71%	73%	72%	72%	75%	79%
	Change	3%	5%	6%	3%	3%	1%	4%	3%	-2%
3. Organizational Learning—Continuous Improvement	Most Recent	84%	72%	72%	72%	72%	71%	70%	71%	71%
	Previous	80%	66%	73%	68%	69%	69%	66%	69%	69%
	Change	4%	6%	-1%	4%	3%	2%	4%	2%	2%
4. Management Support for Patient Safety	Most Recent	83%	69%	75%	74%	67%	64%	72%	71%	76%
	Previous	80%	65%	74%	69%	64%	63%	70%	67%	73%
	Change	3%	4%	1%	5%	3%	1%	2%	4%	3%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	Most Recent	73%	62%	68%	62%	60%	60%	70%	68%	66%
	Previous	70%	60%	66%	59%	58%	57%	68%	67%	67%
	Change	3%	2%	2%	3%	2%	3%	2%	1%	-1%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	Most Recent	76%	60%	71%	63%	63%	58%	63%	65%	65%
	Previous	73%	57%	67%	60%	59%	57%	60%	63%	67%
	Change	3%	3%	4%	3%	4%	1%	3%	2%	-2%
7. Communication Openness	Most Recent	76%	64%	64%	55%	69%	60%	61%	66%	60%
	Previous	72%	62%	64%	56%	67%	60%	59%	65%	61%
	Change	4%	2%	0%	-1%	2%	0%	2%	1%	-1%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	Most Recent	67%	56%	60%	65%	52%	62%	60%	54%	67%
	Previous	63%	54%	52%	61%	47%	59%	59%	55%	63%
	Change	4%	2%	8%	4%	5%	3%	1%	-1%	4%
9. Teamwork Across Units	Most Recent	64%	58%	60%	58%	54%	56%	54%	62%	59%
	Previous	60%	55%	63%	58%	51%	53%	54%	57%	58%
	Change	4%	3%	-3%	0%	3%	3%	0%	5%	1%
10. Staffing	Most Recent	64%	54%	56%	50%	56%	56%	57%	60%	53%
	Previous	60%	53%	58%	47%	50%	55%	54%	57%	52%
	Change	4%	1%	-2%	3%	6%	1%	3%	3%	1%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	Most Recent	47%	44%	39%	49%	28%	49%	39%	41%	48%
	Previous	46%	40%	42%	49%	28%	47%	39%	40%	46%
	Change	1%	4%	-3%	0%	0%	2%	0%	1%	2%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	Most Recent	63%	40%	47%	37%	60%	44%	42%	52%	39%
	Previous	59%	41%	43%	34%	55%	42%	40%	49%	41%
	Change	4%	-1%	4%	3%	5%	2%	2%	3%	-2%

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Internet Citation: Table D-5.: Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position. April 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2009/tabd-5.html