Table 2.
DRC Audit Period | Early | Late | Relative Risk (RR) | ||||
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April – May 2006 | October 2007 & 2008 | Early vs. Late | |||||
Alert | No Alert | Alert | No Alert | RR | 95% CI | P | |
Ambulatory Clinics | 854 | 2946 | 877 | 6782 | 1.63 | 1.54-1.72 | <0.00001 |
Emergency Department | 421 | 4807 | 258 | 8262 | 1.69 | 1.58-1.80 | <0.00001 |
Inpatient Units | 2447 | 16,111 | 1003 | 19,805 | 1.58 | 1.54-1.62 | <0.00001 |
Post Operative Unit (PACU) | 462 | 5788 | 155 | 7303 | 1.69 | 1.61-1.78 | <0.00001 |
Pharmacy | 3525 | 30,313 | 1202 | 43,308 | 1.81 | 1.78-1.85 | <0.00001 |
Total all Prescriber alerts | 4184 | 29,652 | 2293 | 42,152 | 2.40 | 2.28-2.52 | <0.00001 |
Total all Prescriber and Pharmacy alerts | 7709 | 59,965 | 3495 | 85,460 | 1.67 | 1.65-1.69 | <0.00001 |
DRC = Dose Range Check alert, CI = confidence interval