Table 3.
Outcomes | First study period (Dopamine) | Second study period (Norepinephrine)a | ||
|
PedAMINESb n (%), 95% CI |
Conventional method n (%), 95% CI |
Conventional method n (%), 95% CI |
PedAMINES n (%), 95% CI |
All medication errorsc (n=10) | 0 (0), 0-31 | 8 (80), 44-98 | 6 (60), 26-88 | 0 (0), 0-31 |
Unpaired medication errors difference (n=10) | 8 (80), 41.4-97.5 | 6 (60), 21.3-88.5 | ||
Paired medication errors difference (N=20) | 14 (70), 42.2-88.1 |
aSee Multimedia Appendix 3 for drug doses errors details for each nurse and for each drug by study period.
bPedAMINES: Pediatric Accurate Medication in Emergency Situations.
cProportion of dosage with an error, where n denotes the number of drug dose errors that actually occurred and N denotes the total number of opportunities for errors to occur.