|
Pediatric Service
|
Orders, n
|
Prescriptions (drugs), n
|
Prescriptions/order (P/O)
|
Type of medication order, n (%)
|
Illegible medication ordersa, n (%)
|
Amendments, n (%)
|
|---|
|
Hand-written
|
Digital
|
Combinedb
|
Total
|
Legible
|
Illegible
|
|---|
|
PEC
|
88
|
715
|
8.1
|
0
|
27
|
61
|
7 (7.9)
|
8 (9.1)
|
7
|
1
|
|
PICU
|
66
|
1013
|
15.3
|
0
|
17
|
49
|
8 (12.1)
|
12 (17.6)
|
11
|
1
|
|
NICU
|
68
|
332
|
4.9
|
0
|
35
|
33
|
7 (10.2)
|
12 (17.6)
|
11
|
1
|
|
NIMCU
|
79
|
287
|
3.6
|
1
|
49
|
29
|
3 (3.8)
|
3 (3.8)
|
3
|
0
|
|
TOTAL
|
301
|
2347
|
7.8
|
1 (0.4)
|
128 (42.5)
|
172 (57.1)
|
25 (8.3)
|
35 (11.6)
|
32
|
3
|
- D Drug, I Indication, NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, NIMCU Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit, PEC Pediatric Emergency Care, PICU Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, P Prescription
- a Illegible medication orders would require a clarification from the attending physician to follow the therapeutic indication
- b Combined medication orders (handwritten + digital)
