Table 1.

Table 1 Frequency of Alert Drug and Lab for All Alerts Generated by VigiLanz (N=516) ^∗

Alert Drug	Alert Lab	Number of Alerts	% of Alerts	Cumulative % of Alerts
Enoxaparin	serum Creatinine	77	14.9%	14.9%
Levofloxacin	serum Creatinine	71	13.8%	28.7%
None	Critical serum Potassium	43	8.3%	37.0%
Captopril	serum Creatinine	38	7.4%	44.4%
Lisinopril	serum Creatinine	35	6.8%	51.2%
Enoxaparin	Low Platelet Count	18	3.5%	54.7%
Ciprofloxacin	serum Creatinine	18	3.5%	58.1%
Vancomycin	serum Creatinine	18	3.5%	61.6%
Atenolol	serum Creatinine	16	3.1%	64.7%
Allopurinol	serum Creatinine	15	2.9%	67.6%
Furoseamide	serum Creatinine	15	2.9%	70.5%
Enoxaparin	Hematocrit	14	2.7%	73.3%
Digoxin	serum Creatinine	14	2.7%	76.0%
Digoxin	Serum Potassium	13	2.5%	78.5%
Famotidine	serum Creatinine	12	2.3%	80.8%
Heparin	Low Platelet Count	10	1.9%	82.8%
Aspirin, NSAIDs	serum Creatinine	9	1.7%	84.5%
Heparin	PTT	9	1.7%	86.2%
Famotidine	Low Platelet Count	8	1.6%	87.8%
Amiodarone & Digoxin	None	5	1.0%	88.8%
Gentamicin	serum Creatinine	5	1.0%	89.7%
Ibuprofen	serum Creatinine	5	1.0%	90.7%
Refecoxib	serum Creatinine	4	0.8%	91.5%
Clopidogrel	serum Creatinine	3	0.6%	92.1%
Acyclovir	serum Creatinine	3	0.6%	92.6%
Metformin	serum Creatinine	3	0.6%	93.2%
Ranitidine	serum Creatinine	3	0.6%	93.8%
Glyburide	serum Creatinine	2	0.4%	94.2%
Others	Others	29	5.8%	100%
Total		516	100%	100%

^∗ 352 patients generated 516 alerts. For patients with multiple alerts of the same type, only the first alert was counted.

NSAIDS = nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs; PTT = Partial Thromboplastin Time.