Pediatric Service | Orders, n | Prescriptions (drugs), n | Prescriptions/order (P/O) | Type of medication order, n (%) | Illegible medication ordersa, n (%) | Amendments, n (%) | ||||
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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 |