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Table 2 Documentation deviations by trust

From: Procedural and documentation variations in intravenous infusion administration: a mixed methods study of policy and practice across 16 hospital trusts in England

Trust

All trusts

Trust A

Trust B

Trust C

Trust D

Trust E

Trust F

Trust G

Trust H

Trust I

Trust J

Trust K

Trust L

Trust M

Trust N

Trust O

Trust P

Number of infusions

2008

90

130

131

97

74

282

84

143

139

73

103

114

152

124

111

161

 Documentation of the administration

335 (16.7%)

10 (11.1)

24 (18.5)

32 (24.4)

7 (7.2)

27 (36.5)

19 (6.7)

4 (4.8)

18 (12.6)

38 (27.3)

7 (9.6)

23 (22.3)

13 (11.4)

7 (4.6)

41 (33.1)

10 (9.0)

55 (34.2)

  Start time incorrectly or not documented

269

8 (8.9)

24 (18.5)

26 (19.8)

1 (1.0)

22 (29.7)

13 (4.6)

3 (3.6)

12 (8.4)

36 (25.9)

2 (2.7)

22 (21.4)

10 (8.8)

4 (2.6)

33 (26.6)

3 (2.7)

50 (31.1)

  Nurse’s signature missing

103

8 (8.9)

1 (0.8)

23 (17.6)

1 (1.0)

 

2 (0.7)

3 (3.6)

5 (3.5)

8 (5.8)

1 (1.4)

10 (9.7)

8 (7.0)

 

25 (20.2)

 

8 (5.0)

  Other

75

1 (1.1)

1 (0.8)

4 (3.1)

5 (5.2)

6 (8.1)

9 (3.2)

2 (2.4)

3 (2.1)

2 (1.4)

4 (5.5)

2 (1.9)

6 (5.3)

3 (2.0)

15 (12.1)

7 (6.3)

5 (3.1)

 Documentation of the medication ordera

36 (1.8%)

2 (2.2)

5 (3.8)

4 (3.1)

 

3 (4.1)

5 (1.8)

 

1 (0.7)

9 (6.5)

1 (1.4)

 

1 (0.9)

 

5 (4.0)

  
  1. Numbers in brackets refer to percentage of infusions with at least one deviation
  2. aCategory added during analysis phase based on wider reported deviations to do with an incorrect, incomplete, poorly documented or ambiguous medication order