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. 2020 Oct 29;43(3):681–688. doi: 10.1007/s11096-020-01182-2

Table 2.

Reasons for sending a recommendation to medical staff following agent alerts (% of all interventions)

Reason for intervention Number of interventions Accepted interventions
Overdose due to body weight 219 (41.2) 145
Maximum dose per 24 h exceeded 136 (25.6) 98
Overdose due to body weight and age 84 (15.8) 67
Lack of documentation 34 (6.4) 17
Overdose due to reserve 28 (5.3) 19
Overdose due to not scheduled administration 9 (1.7) 6
Overdose due to alcoholism 7 (1.3) 6
Overdose due to age 7 (1.3) 5
Overdose due to drug interactions 3 (0.6) 2
Overdose due to body weight and alcoholism 2 (0.4) 2
Other 2 (0.4) 1
 > 5 g in 24 h in addition to Rifampicin 1 (0.2) 0
Total 532 368