Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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Number of Events Reported by Respondents	Work Area/Unit
	Anesthe- siology	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medicine	Obstetrics	Pediatr.	Pharm.	Psych/ Mental Health	Radi- ology	Rehabil- itation	Surgery
	135 Hospi- tals	405 Hospi- tals	313 Hospi- tals	443 Hospi- tals	433 Hospi- tals	269 Hospi- tals	183 Hospi- tals	375 Hospi- tals	174 Hospi- tals	449 Hospi- tals	385 Hospi- tals	417 Hospi- tals
	1,115 Respon- dents	7,846 Respon- dents	9,845 Respon- dents	7,740 Respon- dents	13,228 Respon- dents	5,800 Respon- dents	4,044 Respon- dents	4,159 Respon- dents	3,308 Respon- dents	8,439 Respon- dents	5,708 Respon- dents	14,327 Respon- dents
No events	57%	45%	32%	48%	38%	42%	46%	40%	49%	54%	56%	46%
1 to 2 events	29%	32%	37%	29%	32%	38%	34%	18%	28%	32%	32%	32%
3 to 5 events	8%	14%	23%	12%	20%	14%	16%	16%	13%	11%	8%	15%
6 to 10 events	4%	6%	6%	6%	7%	4%	3%	11%	7%	2%	2%	5%
11 to 20 events	1%	3%	2%	2%	3%	1%	1%	7%	2%	1%	1%	1%
21 event reports or more	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0%	8%	1%	0%	0%	1%

Note: ICU = Intensive Care Unit; Pediatr. = Pediatrics; Pharm. = Pharmacy.

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