Item

Familiarity

Clinical

Relevance

Unfamiliar

Familiar

Very Familiar

Irrelevant

Somewhat Relevant

Very Relevant

Breaking a mirror causes 7 years of bad luck (UB) (general)

3.9%

(3%)

16.8%

(18%)

79.3%

(79%)

73.6%

(18.5%)

−57.8

18.7%

(29%)

+10.3

7.7%

(52.5%)

+44.8

Saying the “Q” (quiet) word causes an increase in workload/activity (UB)

5.1%

(3.6%)

8.8%

(4.2%)

86.0%

(92.2%)

21.2%

(6.8%)

−14.1

25.5%

(14.8%)

−10.7

53.3%

(78.4%)

+25.1

Death/bad luck comes in threes (UB)

14.0%

(9.6%)

81.7%

(86.2%)

30.3%

(14.2%)

−16.1

32.7%

(28.4%)

−4.3

37.0%

(57.4%)

+20.4

A full moon means chaos is coming (UB) (general)

1.5%

(0.6%)

4.1%

(3.6%)

93.8%

(95.8%)

13.8%

(3.7%)

−10.1

23.7%

(13.6%)

−10.1

62.5%

(82.7%)

+20.2

Some patient rooms are cursed/bad luck (UB)

20.0%

(2.6%)

24.7%

(21.5%)

55.3%

(65.9%)

48.4%

(26.3%)

−22.2

27.6%

(31.2%)

+3.6

24.0%

(42.5%)

+18.5

Some staff carry a black cloud (bad luck follows them) (UB)

17.4%

(12.0%)

26.2%

(24.5%)

56.4%

(63.5%)

39.6%

(21.1%)

−18.5

30.4%

(37.3%)

+6.9

30.0%

(41.6%)

+11.6

People have a lucky number or totems (i.e. lucky uniform, socks, charms (UG) (general)

13.4%

(9.0%)

26.1%

(27.5%)

60.5%

(63.5%)

60.0%

(37.7%)

−22.3

26.9%

(39.5%)

+12.6

13.1%

(22.8%)

+9.4

Moving the code cart close to the room of a patient doing badly prevents a code from happening (UG)

44.5%

(37.6%)

18.3%

(19.9%)

37.2%

(42.5%)

57.8%

(42.6%)

−15.2

23.2%

(27.1%)

+3.9

19.0%

(30.3%)

+11.3

Opening a window to let a soul leave; giving permission to die (UG)

27.7%

(19.2%)

28.4%

(29.3%)

43.9%

(51.5%)

62.4%

(42.8%)

−19.6

19.5%

(28.6%)

+9.1

18.1%

(28.6%)

+10.5

Not opening a sterile package early prevents the need for the procedure (UG)

69.2%

(58.4%)

18.5%

(23.5%)

12.3%

(18.1%)

78.6%

(64.2%)

−14.4

15.3%

(22.8%)

+7.5

6.1%

(13.0%)

+6.9

Knocking on wood prevents the undoing of a previous statement (PR) (general)

3.4%

(1.8%)

10.1%

(9.0%)

86.5%

(89.2%)

32.1%

(12.9%)

−19.2

30.7%

(27.8%)

−2.9

37.2%

(59.3%)

+22.1

Tying a knot in the bedsheet keeps the patient from dying (PR)

85.1%

(82.0%)

9.2%

(10.8%)

5.7%

(7.2%)

86.0%

(78.4%)

−7.6

11.1%

(17.3%)

−6.2

2.9%

(4.3%)

+1.4

Never mention frequent flyers by name or they will show up (PR)

33.4%

(26.3%)

18.1%

(16.8%)

48.5%

(56.9%)

49.0%

(34.6%)

−14.4

25.2%

(24.1%)

−1.1

25.8%

(41.3%)

+15.5

Do not say “see you soon” when dismissing a patient as that results in a re-admission (PR)

67.4%

(53.9%)

20.5%

(26.9%)

12.1%

(19.2%)

76.5%

(59.3%)

−17.2

14.5%

(25.9%)

+11.4

9.0%

(14.8%)

+5.8

Seeing a black cat brings bad luck (SC) (general)

5.0%

(4.8%)

19.4%

(22.3%)

75.6%

(72.9%)

76.0%

(61.1%)

−14.9

14.9%

(21.0%)

+6.1

9.1%

(14.8%)

+5.7

When you drop a pill (in packaging) walking into a patient’s room, do not give it to them right away because they will choke on that one pill. Wait until all other meds are swallowed then give them the dropped medicine.(SC)

95.9%

(92.8%)

3.0%

(5.4%)

1.1%

(1.8%)

89.4%

(81.5%)

−7.9

7.9%

(12.3%)

+4.4

2.7%

(6.2%)

+3.5

Printing out the death packet too early makes a long drawn-out death (SC)

89.0%

(83.8%)

6.7%

(10.2%)

4.3%

(6.0%)

85.6%

(75.8%)

−9.8

11.8%

(16.1%)

+4.3

3.6%

(8.1%)

+4.5

If you bring something to work to read/do you WILL be busy (SC)

30.3%

(17.3%)

22.6%

(21.0%)

47.1%

(61.7%)

43.0%

(22.2%)

−20.8

27.6%

(30.9%)

+3.3

29.4%

(46.9%)

+17.5