Table 3.

Interruptive nonopioid and opioid drug alerts: relative risk of override stratified by provider type and alert type in a random sample of 1 alert per patient visit.

n=1,576	Opioid Overrides, % (n)	Nonopioid Overrides, % (n)	Relative Risk	95% CI
Overall total	95.7 (628)	89.7 (818)	1.35	1.21–1.50
Provider type
Pharmacist	97.6 (80)	89.4 (236)	1.25	1.11–1.40
PA	97.0 (64)	89.2 (58)	1.64	1.10–2.43
RN	90.7 (49)	98.6 (70)	0.28	0.05–1.71
Physician	96.6 (200)	91.1 (164)	1.54	1.15–2.07
Resident	94.8 (219)	87.3 (289)	1.37	1.16–1.61
Other*	100 (2)	94.1 (16)	1.13	0.96–1.32
Alert type
Duplicate therapy	98.6 (342)	94.3 (377)	1.57	1.30–1.89
Duplicate med order	98.9 (93)	91.5 (246)	1.32	1.19–1.47
Drug allergy	87.4 (153)	58.1 (68)	2.24	1.74–2.89
Drug-drug interaction	100 (2)	97.6 (41)	1.05	0.98–1.12
Lactation/pregnancy		All alerts overridden; n=46 nonopioids, n=24 opioids
Other		All alerts overridden; n=57 nonopioids, n=3 opioids

PA, Physician assistant; RN, registered nurse.

^*“Other” includes anesthesiology assistants, technicians, medical students, and respiratory therapists.