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. 2016 May 23;54(6):1442–1447. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03066-15

TABLE 2.

Analysis of discrepant results and Gram stain error rate

Site No. (%) of reader errors Projected no. (%) of total errors Projected errors/1,000 smears Z-score
A 6/67 (9) 7 (0.4) 3.8 −3.1042
B 24/78 (31) 25 (1.5) 15.3 1.0884
C 12/74 (16) 15 (0.9) 9.1 −0.9565
D 20/44 (45) 26 (2.7) 26.6 3.6351
Total 62/263 (24) 73 (1.2) 6.9