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Table 2 Error outcome categories

From: Medication errors: a prospective cohort study of hand-written and computerised physician order entry in the intensive care unit

Error category

Minor

Moderate

Major

HWP non-intercepted errors

43

0

0

CPOE non-intercepted errors

93

4

0

HWP intercepted errors

7

19

0

CPOE intercepted errors

2

15

3

  1. CPOE, computerised physician order entry; HWP, hand-written prescribing.
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