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. 2017 Feb 1;19(2):e31. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7005

Table 3.

Drug doses errors and deviation from the prescribed doses.

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.