Table 5.
Outcomes: number and percentage of adverse events per 100 patients studied before and after introduction of checklist.
| Before |
After |
Percentage difference before/after | P value | Difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % (CI) | No. | % (CI) | No. | % (CI) | |||
| Total | 252 | 31.5 (25.3–37.6) | 212 | 26.5 (21.5–31.5) | −15.9 | 0.39 | 40 | 4.9 (−2.9 to 12.8) |
| Infectious | 112 | 13.9 (10.9–17.0) | 77 | 9.6 (7.4–11.9) | −30.9 | 0.037 | 35 | 4.3 (0.6 to 8.1) |
| Non-infectious | 140 | 17.5 (13.4–21.5) | 135 | 16.8 (13.2–20.5) | −4.0 | 0.82 | 5 | 0.6 (−4.8 to 6.1) |
| Non-elective admission | 133 | 60.4 (45.2–75.6) | 80 | 37.0 (25.2–48.8) | −38.7 | 0.017 | 53 | 23.4 (4.2 to 42.6) |
| Elective admission | 119 | 20.5 (14.5–26.4) | 132 | 22.6 (17.3–27.8) | 10.2 | 0.608 | 13 | − 2.0 (−10.0 to 5.9) |
CI, confidence interval.