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Physician Orders and Presence of MM on First Observation Pre and Post Unit Guideline
| Pre-Data (n=95) |
Post-Data (n=92) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders | Device On | Orders | Device on | |
| n | n (%) | n | n (%) | |
| IPCa | 70 | 65 (93) | 49 | 63 (128) |
| GCSa | 49 | 25 (51) | 31 | 21 (67) |
| No orders* | 12 | 38 | ||
| Device not on appropriately | 13 (1.4) | 14 (1.6) | ||
Note. IPC - Intermittent pneumatic compression devices; GCS - Graduated compression stockings
Numbers reflect use of both devices on 36 pre and 26 post patient observations
p=.025
