Research Article
Reducing Prescribing Errors in Paediatric Patients by Assessment and Feedback Targeted at Prescribers
Table 2
Results of audits of all drug charts with errors in prescribing before and after assessment of prescribing skills with feedback in September 2008.
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1Statistical comparison not possible as variable number of errors per admission. 2Chi-square test: Chi-square 10.77, value = 0.001. 3Defined as prescribing a drug the patient is allergic to, prescription of the wrong dose or unit, guessing the dose a patient has been on, not prescribing a required drug, and choice of the wrong frequency for application of a drug. 4Chi-square test: chi-square 2.53, value = 0.11. |