Table B-4. Average Percent Distribution of Number of Events Reported in the Past 12 Months by Work Area/Unit
| Number of Events Reported by Respondents |
Work Area/Unit |
| Anesthesiology |
Emergency |
ICU (any type) |
Lab |
Medicine |
Obstetrics |
Pediatrics |
Pharmacy |
Psych/Mental Health |
Radiology |
Rehabilitation |
Surgery |
| 177 H |
486 H |
401 H |
526 H |
518 H |
345 H |
236 H |
464 H |
232 H |
539 H |
464 H |
506 H |
| 1,184 R |
9,703 R |
12,040 R |
9,273 R |
17,143 R |
8,088 R |
4,534 R |
5,226 R |
4,298 R |
10,528 R |
7,429 R |
17,393 R |
| No events |
56% |
46% |
34% |
49% |
38% |
43% |
44% |
42% |
51% |
55% |
55% |
46% |
| 1 to 2 events |
30% |
32% |
38% |
29% |
33% |
36% |
34% |
18% |
26% |
31% |
33% |
32% |
| 3 to 5 events |
7% |
13% |
20% |
12% |
20% |
15% |
16% |
15% |
14% |
10% |
8% |
14% |
| 6 to 10 events |
4% |
5% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
10% |
6% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
| 11 to 20 events |
1% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
8% |
2% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| 21 event reports or more |
1% |
2% |
0% |
3% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
8% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
Key: H = Hospitals; R = Respondents
Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding of decimals.
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