Table 1.

Comparison of proper completion of blood culture request forms during pre-intervention and educational intervention period (September 2010 to May 2011 and June 2011 to March 2012)

Patient information	Pre-intervention period	Educational intervention period	P value*
Name	98·1	99·0	0·28
Gender	96·2	97·8	0·18
Date of birth	98·8	99·5	0·47
Hospital number	98·3	97·3	0·36
Ward recorded	94·3	96·3	0·16
Date sample taken	96·8	94·9	0·13
Time sample taken	95·1	93·9	0·47
Signature of person taking the sample	92·2	96·3	0·23
Sample site	65·3	73·3	0·008
Clinical details	44·6	52·0	0·006
Antibiotic use	47·0	61·2	<0·001

^*Pearson's χ² test.