Table 2.
The time period of the various chart configurations, medication orders during each period, and RAR events during each period
Maximum number of allowable charts | Intervention start date | Intervention end date | No. of months | Mean orders/month (SD) | Mean RAR events/month (SD) | RAR events/100 000 orders |
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4 charts | November 1, 2010 | November 20, 2012 | 24a | 19 609 (1476) | 16.9 (5.5) | 85.9 |
2 charts | November 21, 2012 | September 29, 2014 | 22 | 19 873 (988) | 16.5 (6.3) | 82.9 |
4 charts | September 30, 2014 | August 31, 2016 | 23b | 21 838 (1694) | 17.8 (6.1) | 82.2 |
aOnly complete monthly data were used: November 2012 was not included for analysis; bfor analysis, data were used from October 1, 2014.