Table 1 Staff opinion of an automatic urinometer compared with a manual urinometer
Question | Grading (n = 28 staff members) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Very easy | Easy | Fair | Not easy | Hard | |
1. How easy was it to learn to use the automatic urinometer? | 39% | 54% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
2. Was the collection of urine output data from the automatic urinometer easier compared with the manual urinometer? | 32% | 43% | 14% | 11% | 0% |
A lot less | Less | Same | More | Much more | |
3. Did you feel that you had less contact with the urine bags with the automatic urinometer compared with the manual urinometer? | 36% | 25% | 39% | 0% | 0% |
Much more | More | Same | Less | Much less | |
4. Do you think the reliability of the urine output data is higher with the automatic urinometer than with the manual urinometer? | 21% | 64% | 7% | 0% | 7% |
5. Does using the automatic urinometer give you more time for other activities? | 0% | 32% | 68% | 0% | 0% |