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. 2021 Jan 3;115:103868. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103868

Table 3.

Descriptive results of number of room visits, number of MEWS visits and amount of PPE used.

Total Intermittent monitoring Continuous monitoring
Room visits
Total
 • Total 2347 711 1636
 • Per patient room* 4 (2–6) 4 (2–5.5) 5 (3–6)
 • MEWS visits 213 (9.1%) 100 (14.1%) 113 (6.9%)
Day visits
 • Total 1188 328 860
 • Per patient room* 6 (5–8) 6 (4–8) 7 (5–8)
 • MEWS visits 96 (8.1%) 39 (11.9%) 57 (6.6%)
Evening visits
 • Total 802 258 544
 • Per patient room* 3 (2–5) 3 (2–4) 3 (2–5)
 • MEWS visits 80 (10.0%) 42 (16.3%) 38 (7.0%)
Night visits
 • Total 357 125 232
 • Per patient room* 2.5 (2–4) 3 (2–4) 2 (2–4)
 • MEWS visits 37 (10.4%) 19 (15.2%) 18 (7.8%)
Used personal protection equipment
 • Total 9441 2870 6571
 • Per patient room* 16 (10–24) 15 (8.5–22) 19 (12–25)
 • MEWS visits 647 (6.9%) 306 (10.7%) 341 (5.2%)

Median (interquartile range).

PPE: personal protection equipment. MEWS visit: a visit primarily for obtaining vital signs to be able to calculate the Modified Early Warning Score.