Table D-5. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position
| 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 |
| 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 Respondents |
2,869 Most Recent Respondents |
365 Most Recent Respondents |
3,755 Most Recent Respondents |
985 Most Recent Respondents |
22,584 Most Recent Respondents |
5,948 Most Recent Respondents |
2,831 Most Recent Respondents |
3,700 Most Recent Respondents |
| 4,608 Previous Respondents |
2,492 Previous Respondents |
371 Previous Respondents |
3,512 Previous Respondents |
909 Previous Respondents |
20,928 Previous Respondents |
5,322 Previous Respondents |
2,675 Previous Respondents |
3,741 Previous Respondents |
| 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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