Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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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 (Resp., 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
1. Teamwork Within Units	86%	82%	79%	73%	79%	79%	77%	84%	76%
2. Supv/Mgr Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	84%	70%	76%	74%	75%	74%	75%	77%	76%
3. Mgmt Support for Patient Safety	82%	69%	74%	72%	67%	64%	70%	70%	73%
4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	80%	70%	69%	72%	73%	70%	68%	70%	69%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	72%	62%	64%	60%	62%	59%	70%	70%	66%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	73%	61%	66%	63%	63%	58%	64%	65%	64%
7. Communication Openness	74%	64%	63%	58%	71%	61%	63%	68%	59%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	65%	55%	55%	65%	53%	61%	58%	54%	63%
9. Teamwork Across Units	63%	59%	60%	59%	56%	55%	55%	62%	56%
10. Staffing	62%	55%	55%	49%	55%	57%	56%	58%	52%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	45%	43%	37%	49%	29%	48%	40%	42%	45%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	62%	42%	44%	35%	59%	43%	43%	50%	40%
Average Across Composites	71%	61%	62%	61%	62%	61%	62%	64%	62%