Table 3

Patient safety culture composites

Patient safety culture composite	Strongly disagree/disagree	Neither	Strongly agree/agree	Average % positive response
Non-punitive response to errors	37	41	22	22
Staffing	15	59	27	27
Teamwork across hospital units	3	31	66	50
Overall perceptions of safety	5	36	59	59
Communication openness	8	32	60	60
Hospital handoffs & transitions	8	31	61	61
Frequency of events reported	12	25	63	63
Supervisor, manager expectations and actions promoting patient safety	2	28	70	70
Hospital management support to patient safety	4	22	74	74
Feedback and communication about errors	5	18	77	77
Team work within units	5	12	84	84
Organisational learning/continuous improvement	3	10	87	87