Table 1.
Observation sets according to alerting status
| Observation set |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected action by staff | Observed action by staff | Complete* |
Incomplete |
Total |
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| Correctly calculated score would lead to an alert | Staff record a score that would lead to an alert | 696 | (5.3%) | 343 | (9.2%) | 1039 | (6.2%) |
| Correctly calculated score would NOT lead to an alert | Staff record a score that would NOT lead to an alert | 11 969 | (91.5%) | 3038 | (81.8%) | 15 007 | (89.4%) |
| Correctly calculated score would NOT lead to an alert | Staff record a score that would lead to an alert | 116 | (0.9%) | 118 | (3.2%) | 234 | (1.4%) |
| Correctly calculated score would lead to an alert | Staff record a score that would NOT lead to an alert | 298 | (2.3%) | 217 | (5.8%) | 515 | (3.1%) |
| Total | 13 079 | (100%) | 3716 | (100%) | 16 795 | (100%) | |
*Complete for measurements of all five vital signs and fully recorded weightings.
EWS, early warning score.