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. 2019 Nov 7;19:213. doi: 10.1186/s12911-019-0945-2

Table 2.

Infusion and Alert Data

Variable 2014 2015 2016 All Years Average
# of Infusion Starts 137,423 85,006+ 147,876 123,435
# of unique infusion IDs 103,284 57,932+ 103,254 88,157
# of Infusion Starts Using DERS 89% 84% 87% 87%
# of Infusion Starts Using Basic Mode 11% 16% 13% 13%
% Infusion Starts with Alerts 2.80% 5.40%* 4.90%* 4.37%
Response to Alerts
 Override 71.40% 71.10% 76.40%* 73.6%
 Cancel 23.80% 25.70% 21.50%* 23.3%
 Reprogram 4.80% 3.10% 2.20%* 3.1%
% of Alerts by Shift
 Day 32.00% 30.40% 33.10% 32.10%
 Evening 40.20% 38.30% 40.30% 39.70%*
 Night 27.90% 31.30% 26.60% 28.30%
% of Infusion Starts with Alerts by shift
 Day 2.90% 5.40% 5.10% 4.30%
 Evening 2.90% 4.90% 4.90% 4.20%
 Night 2.80% 6.00% 4.70% 4.30%

(+) identifies data transmission loss in 2015, (*) p < 0.0001