Hospital or unit policies and guidelines | | |
Ventilator alarms not set at safe appropriate levels | 10.3 | 3 |
ETT placement not confirmed on x ray (T2–3) | 6.9 | 2 |
Cardiovascular alarms not set at safe appropriate levels | 11.9 | 8 |
Intermittent suction not set to ⩽80 | 10.9 | 17 |
Continuous suction not set to ⩽40 | 21.6 | 8 |
Patient’s identification band not on the patient per hospital policy | 91 | 70 |
Hand hygiene not practiced during multidisciplinary rounds | 61 | 48 |
Distal ends of all tubes not labeled clearly | 42.4 | 61 |
IV tubing being used is engineered to prevent enteral solutions frombeing given IV | 0 | 0 |
Are there unlabelled or not clearly labeled syringes or med bagsat bedside? | 11.8 | 31 |
CVC tip placement not confirmed by x ray on placement | 11.8 | 4 |
24 hour order check not done by nursing | 13.8 | 8 |
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Known safe practices | | |
Pulse oximeter limits not set at safe appropriate levels (<32 weekscorrected gestational age, on supplemental O2 with high saturationlimit ⩾98%; ⩾32 weeks corrected gestational age, without pulmonaryhypertension, on supplemental O2 with high saturation limit 100%) | 47 | 22 |
Alarms not set to 10 db above ambient noise | 57.8 | 21 |
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Total no of errors detected | | 303 |