Table B-1. Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Work Area/Unit

2010 User Comparative Database Report

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Work Area/Unit
	Anesthesi- ology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstet- rics	Pedia- trics	Phar- macy	Psych/ Mental Hlth	Radiol- ogy	Rehabili- tation	Surgery
	91 Hospitals	613 Hospitals	529 Hospitals	616 Hospitals	648 Hospitals	428 Hospitals	241 Hospitals	474 Hospitals	255 Hospitals	641 Hospitals	537 Hospitals	653 Hospitals
	1,586 Respon- dents	16,680 Respon- dents	22,248 Respon- dents	15,567 Respon- dents	30,179 Respon- dents	12,944 Respon- dents	10,534 Respon- dents	8,708 Respon- dents	7,332 Respon- dents	18,132 Respon- dents	11,900 Respon- dents	28,117 Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	82%	78%	84%	76%	76%	81%	84%	75%	77%	79%	86%	77%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	73%	70%	72%	74%	73%	73%	76%	75%	75%	75%	81%	73%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	66%	61%	62%	73%	66%	69%	71%	69%	68%	73%	76%	69%
4. Organizational Learning—Continuous Improvement	73%	65%	70%	71%	71%	72%	74%	76%	71%	70%	74%	74%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	66%	54%	59%	69%	56%	64%	68%	63%	60%	73%	76%	66%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	62%	56%	57%	63%	58%	62%	64%	66%	65%	64%	70%	63%
7. Communication Openness	66%	59%	61%	60%	57%	62%	65%	66%	61%	63%	71%	62%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	52%	57%	57%	67%	61%	62%	65%	58%	64%	57%	63%	64%
9. Teamwork Across Units	50%	47%	54%	54%	56%	56%	58%	52%	52%	55%	60%	53%
10. Staffing	54%	48%	56%	54%	51%	60%	62%	55%	58%	64%	63%	56%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	34%	47%	48%	35%	45%	55%	50%	28%	41%	41%	39%	40%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	42%	36%	39%	39%	40%	41%	44%	52%	48%	44%	58%	43%
Average Across Composites	60%	57%	60%	61%	59%	63%	65%	61%	62%	63%	68%	62%

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Internet Citation: Table B-1. Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Work Area/Unit: 2010 User Comparative Database Report. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2010/tabb1.html