Table 1. Maturity levels of safety culture.
| Maturity Levels |
Approach to Improving Patient Safety Culture |
| Pathological |
No systems in place to promote a positive safety culture |
| Reactive |
Systems are piecemeal, developed only in respone to occurrences and/or regulatory or accreditation requirements |
| Calculative |
Systematic approach to patient safety exists, but implementation is patchy and inquiry into events is limited to circumstances surrounding specific event |
| Proactive |
Comprehensive approach to promoting a positive safety culture exists; evidence-based intervention implemented across the organization |
| Generative |
Creation and maintenance of a positive safety culture are central to mission of the organization; organization evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and drains every last drop of learning from failures and successes and takes meaningful action to improve |