Table 1.

Breakdown of the number of items and orders by item type

	All orders		Orders from order sets
	Number of items	Number of orders	Number of items	Number of orders
Medication	8368	4 715 232 (28%)	1151	1 441 338 (59%)
Blood product	4	413 415 (2%)	4	112 578 (5%)
Laboratory	1599	11 008 302 (64%)	529	849 886 (34%)
Imaging	1137	935 510 (5%)	101	45 406 (2%)
Total	11 108	17 072 459	1785	2 449 208

Laboratory items were the most commonly ordered among all orders (64%) while medication items were the most commonly ordered from order sets (59%).