Table 2.

Order set items with the highest and lowest ordering rates, excluding uncommon order sets used fewer than 100 times

(a) Order set items with highest ordering rates
Order set	Item	Order count	Order set count	Ordering rate (%)
Blood culture	Blood culture (aerobic and anaerobic bottles)	3848	3848	100
Blood culture	Blood culture (2 aerobic bottles)	3848	3848	100
Oral steroid tapers	Dexamethasone PO	1405	1405	100
Lung transplant post op	Glucose by metre	693	693	100
Thoracentesis post procedure	Fluid culture and Gram stain	647	647	100
Lumbar puncture	Cell count and differential, CSF	367	367	100
IV steroid tapers	Dexamethasone IV	236	236	100
Nursing triage, altered mental status	Comprehensive metabolic panel	149	149	100
Arthrocentesis post procedure	Fluid culture and Gram stain	132	132	100
Arthrocentesis post procedure	Crystal analysis, synovial fluid	132	132	100

(b) Order set items with lowest ordering rates
Order set	Item	Order count	Order set count	Ordering rate (%)
Medicine admit	Warfarin PO	1	71 055	0.0014
Medicine admit	Ciprofloxacin IV	1	71 055	0.0014
Medicine admit	Levofloxacin PO	1	71 055	0.0014
Medicine admit	Morphine IV	1	71 055	0.0014
Medicine admit	Hydromorphone IV	1	71 055	0.0014
PACU	Ibuprofen PO	1	65 802	0.0015
PACU	Morphine IV	1	65 802	0.0015
PACU	Gabapentin PO	1	65 802	0.0015
PACU	Pregabalin PO	1	65 802	0.0015
PACU	Meperidine IV	1	65 802	0.0015

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; IV, Intravenous; PACU, Post Anaesthesia Care Unit;PO, By mouth.