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Table 2 Demographics Median Errors per order per prescriber from observational audit of NIMC

From: Can a novel constructivist theory-informed feedback intervention reduce prescribing errors ? A pre-post study

 

Pre

Post

Improvement

P value

Number prescribers

89

88

-

-

Number orders

2750

2694

-

-

Number errors

1598

1113

-

-

Errors per order - median [IQR]

0.48 [0.35–0.67]

0.30 [0.17–0.50]

0.17 [0.02–0.33]

< 0.0001

Site 1 only errors per order - median [IQR]

0.44 [0.3–0.61]

0.22 [0.10–0.37]

0.17 [-0.03-0.35]

0.0001

Site 2 only errors per order - median [IQR]

0.48 [0.35–0.67]

0.3 [0.17–0.50]

0.15 [0.05–0.33]

0.0006