TABLE II.
Categorization of Hospital Units According to Workplace Violence Probability, Severity, and Unit Type (n = 42 Worksites Identified by the Hazard Risk Matrix)
| Probabilitya |
Severityb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low |
Medium |
High |
Low |
Medium |
High |
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| Nr. of Units | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Acute care nursing | 15 | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | 2 (13.3) | 6 (40.0) | 7 (46.7) | |
| Intensive care nursing | 8 | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | ||
| Emergency Dept. | 5 | 1 (20.0)c | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | |
| Psychiatry | 4 | 4 (100.0) | 4 (100.0) | ||||
| Security | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100.0) | |||
| Surgery | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | |
| Total | 42 | 1 (2.4) | 15 (35.7) | 26 (61.9) | 8 (19.0) | 15 (35.7) | 19 (45.3) |
a
Based on distribution of incidence rates.
b
Based on distribution of lost time management rates.
c
This emergency department was judged by hospital stakeholders to have a higher probability of violence and was added as the 42nd unit to the study.