Table 2.
Errors analysis
| Errors in prescription counted by antibiotic mistaken (n=335)c | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of error | Pediatricsb | ENTb | Femaleb | Maleb | Neurologyb | Surgicalb | Urologyb | Totalb |
| Diag-presd | 27 (24.5) | 1 (12.5) | 17 (29.3) | 29 (37.7) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (15.1) | 0 (0.0) | 82 (24.5) |
| Doses | 27 (24.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (6.9) | 4 (5.2) | 2 (15.4) | 6 (11.3) | 1 (6.3) | 44 (13.1) |
| Doses per day | 5 (4.5) | 2 (25.0) | 6 (10.3) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (15.4) | 3 (5.7) | 9 (56.3) | 28 (8.4) |
| Duration | 29 (26.4) | 3 (37.5) | 21 (36.2) | 31 (40.3) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (18.9) | 2 (12.5) | 99 (29.6) |
| Erratic | 6 (5.5) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (10.3) | 4 (5.2) | 1 (7.7) | 9 (17.0) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (7.8) |
| Interaction | 16 (14.5) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (6.9) | 8 (10.4) | 5 (38.5) | 17 (32.1) | 4 (25.0) | 56 (16.7) |
| Total errors | 110 (100) | 8 (100) | 58 (100) | 77 (100) | 13 (100) | 53 (100) | 16 (100) | 335(100) |
| Errors in prescription counted by Patients affected (n=617) | ||||||||
| Alteration | Pediatricsb | ENTb | Femaleb | Maleb | Neurologyb | Surgicalb | Urologyb | Totalb |
| Total folders with errors | 51 (49) | 9 (19.6) | 49 (38.9) | 47 (34.3) | 11 (20.4) | 34 (30.6) | 12 (30.8) | 213 (34.5) |
| Discharged patients with errorse | 46 (50.6) | 8 (18.6) | 39 (41.5) | 47(43) | 10 (22.2) | 25 (26.1) | 9 (26.5) | 184 (36.0) [n=511] |
| Dead patient with errorsf | 5 (38.5) | 1 (33.3) | 10 (31.2) | 11(39.3) | 1 (11.1) | 5 (31.2) | 3 (60) | 36 (34.9) [n=106] |
a
Table values are n (%) for categorical variables.
b
Numbers may not sum to total due to missing data, and percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
c
Numbers are calculated summing every error, multiple errors can correspond to one folder or to one antibiotic.
d
No correspondence diagnoses prescription
e
Percentage calculated upon discharged patients
f
Percentage calculated upon dead patients
g
Percentage calculated upon no medical prescriptions
*
Not adequate prescription for the patient condition according to the guidelines cited in the methodology.