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Table 3 The percentage and number of alerts assessed to be displayed appropriately for each alert type from the inpatient and outpatient setting

From: Retrospective descriptive assessment of clinical decision support medication-related alerts in two Saudi Arabian hospitals

Alert type

Number of alerts (outpatient settings)

Number of alerts (inpatient settings)

Total number of alerts

Number of alerts displayed appropriately

Percentage of alerts appropriately displayed

Egg allergy

22

18

40

40

100.0

Glucose 6 Phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency syndrome

0

16

16

16

100.0

Drug interaction

22

15

37

35

94.6

Drug allergy

21

16

37

32

86.5

New drug allergy

21

16

37

32

86.5

Drug duplicate

21

16

37

28

75.7

Documentation of height and weight

22

16

38

25

65.7

Dose range

22

14

36

22

61.1

Switch medication from injectable form to oral

2

16

18

11

61.1

Vincristine

0

11

11

5

45.5

Total

153

154

307

246

80.1