Table 2.

Results of structured chart audit comparing ordering and documentation practices between preintervention and postintervention periods

	Preintervention, number	Postintervention, number	P value
ESR order appropriateness
ESR order appropriate	29	34	0.24
ESR order not appropriate	51	46
Documentation of reason for ordering ESR
Reason for ordering documented	2	3	0.47
No reason for ordering documented	78	77
Documentation of result of ESR test
ESR result documented	42	34	0.07
ESR result not documented	38	46
ESR test results
Normal ESR result	43	53	0.02
Abnormal ESR result	37	27

ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate