Table 7. Setting where the error occurred in medical TV series.

Data is expressed as percentage of total errors and compared with statistics from the Harvard and Utah/Colorado studies. Rate per hour is also provided.

^aIncludes ambulances, site of an emergency, radiology, nursing homes or unknown locations.

^*Denotes the most common location for each series, as well as overall.

^ᶲRepresents values that are significantly different from values reported in the Harvard and Utah studies.

Series	Errors	Inpatient Care Unit	Emergency Department	Operating Room	Labor & Delivery	Outpatient Clinic	Pharmacy	Lab	Othera
The Resident	41	11	6	10	0	8	0	4	2
		(26.8%)*	(14.6%)	(24.4%)	(0.0%)	(19.5%)	(0.0%)	(9.8%)	(4.9%)
The Good Doctor	23	5	9	6	0	0	0	0	3
		(21.7%)	(39.1%)*	(26.1%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(13.0%)
Code Black	50	21	21	4	0	1	0	0	3
		(42.0%)	(42.0%)*	(8.0%)	(0.0%)	(2.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(6.0%)
Chicago Med	31	6	21	3	0	0	0	0	1
		(19.4%)	(67.7%)*	(9.7%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(3.2%)
Grey’s Anatomy	30	8	6	11	0	0	0	2	3
		(26.7%)	(20.0%)	(36.7%)*	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(6.7%)	(10.0%)
House	41	23	6	0	0	5	3	0	4
		(56.1%)*	(14.6%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(12.2%)	(7.3%)	(0.0%)	(9.8%)
Scrubs	15	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
		(66.7%)*	(0.0%)	(26.7%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(6.7%)	(0.0%)
ER	11	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	2
		(0.0%)	(63.6%)*	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(18.2%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(18.2%)
Overall	242	84	76	38	0	16	3	7	18
		(34.7%)*,ᶲ	(31.4%)ᶲ	(15.7%)ᶲ	(0.0%)	(6.6%)	(1.2%)	(2.9%)	(7.4%)
US hospital data		25.2%	3.14%	47.8%	6.1%	8.8%	N/A	N/A	8.7%
Rate per hour		3.6	2.7	1.9	0.0	1.2	1.42		0.7