Table 4 Patient safety outputs based on hospital audit
| Total yes (%) | University | General with residency training | General non-teaching | p Value | |
| Hospital-wide: | |||||
| Newborn identification (ID) | 74 (96.1) | 12 (92.3) | 39 (95.1) | 20 (100.0) | 0.747† |
| Newborn resuscitation equipment available | 67 (88.2) | 10 (76.9) | 37 (90.2) | 17 (89.5) | 0.440† |
| Access to neonatal nursery controlled by door locks | 54 (73.0) | 10 (76.9) | 27 (69.2) | 14 (73.7) | 0.848* |
| Medication dispensed from pharmacy is fully labelled | 44 (62.0) | 9 (64.3) | 28 (75.7) | 7 (41.2) | 0.048* |
| Data show improvement in patient safety after committee intervention | 24 (27.9) | 3 (18.8) | 11 (26.8) | 7 (26.9) | 0.798* |
| Data show improvement in medication safety after committee intervention | 22 (25.0) | 6 (35.3) | 7 (16.7) | 7 (26.9) | 0.276* |
| Department-level: | |||||
| High-risk drugs are stored separately: | |||||
| Maternity | 56 (74.7) | 8 (66.7) | 32 (80.0) | 13 (65.0) | 0.386* |
| Medicine | 67 (79.8) | 13 (76.5) | 33 (80.5) | 18 (78.3) | 0.938† |
| Surgery | 62 (73.8) | 12 (75.0) | 27 (69.2) | 20 (76.9) | 0.774* |
| Drugs storage locked: | |||||
| Maternity | 52 (70.3) | 9 (69.2) | 24 (61.5) | 16 (84.2) | 0.215* |
| Medicine | 56 (68.3) | 10 (58.8) | 29 (70.7) | 14 (66.7) | 0.679* |
| Surgery | 57 (67.1) | 12 (70.6) | 23 (59.0) | 19 (76.0) | 0.344* |
| Alcohol rub dispensers: | |||||
| Maternity | 49 (63.6) | 8 (61.5) | 25 (61.0) | 13 (65.0) | 0.954* |
| Medicine | 56 (66.7) | 9 (52.9) | 27 (65.9) | 17 (73.9) | 0.385* |
| Surgery | 54 (62.1) | 9 (52.9) | 26 (63.4) | 16 (61.5) | 0.755* |
| Adult patient ID: | |||||
| Maternity | 35 (47.3) | 6 (50.0) | 20 (50.0) | 8 (42.1) | 0.840* |
| Medicine | 21 (25.3) | 4 (23.5) | 9 (22.5) | 5 (21.7) | 0.991* |
| Surgery | 25 (29.1) | 5 (29.4) | 10 (24.4) | 8 (30.8) | 0.831* |
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*χ2 test; †Fisher exact test.
