Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report. Table B-1

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

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Work Area/Unit
	Anes- thesio- logy	Emer- gency	ICU (any type)	Lab	Medi- cine	Obstet- rics	Pediatr.	Pharm.	Psych/ Mentl Hlth	Radi- ology	Rehabil- itation	Surgery
	88 Hospi- tals	301 Hospi- tals	215 Hospi- tals	319 Hospi- tals	319 Hospi- tals	195 Hospi- tals	116 Hospi- tals	271 Hospi- tals	115 Hospi- tals	330 Hospi- tals	286 Hospi- tals	299 Hospi- tals
	720 Respon- dents	5,168 Respon- dents	5,992 Respon- dents	5,118 Respon- dents	8,279 Respon- dents	3,880 Respon- dents	1,763 Respon- dents	2,744 Respon- dents	2,301 Respon- dents	5,600 Respon- dents	4,153 Respon- dents	9,351 Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	82%	78%	80%	77%	73%	78%	74%	79%	74%	79%	85%	76%
2. Supv/Mgr Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	72%	73%	72%	75%	71%	74%	68%	79%	78%	76%	81%	74%
3. Mgmt Support for Patient Safety	67%	61%	59%	71%	64%	65%	60%	70%	67%	71%	75%	68%
4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	72%	64%	68%	69%	67%	68%	64%	76%	71%	67%	74%	72%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	67%	55%	55%	71%	53%	59%	59%	67%	60%	70%	76%	67%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	61%	56%	55%	63%	55%	62%	56%	68%	62%	63%	71%	64%
7. Communication Openness	71%	60%	61%	63%	55%	64%	58%	71%	61%	64%	71%	65%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	55%	57%	56%	62%	59%	60%	58%	62%	62%	51%	62%	63%
9. Teamwork Across Units	51%	51%	51%	55%	55%	53%	48%	57%	49%	55%	60%	52%
10. Staffing	56%	51%	53%	56%	52%	56%	56%	56%	53%	61%	63%	56%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	36%	50%	46%	38%	47%	50%	41%	34%	40%	43%	42%	41%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	44%	36%	38%	42%	39%	40%	40%	57%	43%	45%	59%	45%
Average Across Composites	61%	58%	58%	62%	58%	61%	57%	65%	60%	62%	68%	62%

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

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