Table 3 |
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Error outcome category analysis |
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Error category |
None |
Minor |
Moderate/major |
Total |
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Non-intercepted errorsa |
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HWP |
993 (95.9%) |
43 (4.2%) |
0 (0%) |
1036 |
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CPOE |
2332 (96.0%) |
93 (3.8%) |
4 (0.2%) |
2429 |
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Non-intercepted plus intercepted errorsb |
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HWP |
967 (93.3%) |
50 (4.8%) |
19 (1.8%) |
1036 |
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CPOE |
2312 (95.2%) |
95 (3.9%) |
22 (0.9%) |
2429 |
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aNo significant difference with regard to errors between hand-written prescribing (HWP) and computerised physician order entry (CPOE; p = 0.51). bIf we include intercepted errors, there was a significant difference (p = 0.01) due to increased error rate with HWP. |
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Shulman et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R516 doi:10.1186/cc3793 |
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