Table 5.
Difference in transcription errors between the day shift and night shift.
| Source | Total errors, n (%) | Day shift, n (%) | Night shift, n (%) | Chi-square | df | P value |
| Paper log | 98/4441 (2.21) | 53/2790 (1.90) | 45/1651 (2.73) | 2.9 | 1 | .09 |
| Vital signs flow sheet | 242/2985 (8.11) | 163/1847 (8.83) | 79/1138 (6.94) | 3.1 | 1 | .08 |
| Both | 43/2616 (1.64) | 24/1639 (1.46) | 19/977 (1.94) | 0.6 | 1 | .44 |