Table 4 Patient safety outputs based on hospital audit
Total yes (%)UniversityGeneral with residency trainingGeneral non-teachingp Value
Hospital-wide:
    Newborn identification (ID)74 (96.1)12 (92.3)39 (95.1)20 (100.0)0.747†
    Newborn resuscitation equipment available67 (88.2)10 (76.9)37 (90.2)17 (89.5)0.440†
    Access to neonatal nursery controlled by door locks54 (73.0)10 (76.9)27 (69.2)14 (73.7)0.848*
    Medication dispensed from pharmacy is fully labelled44 (62.0)9 (64.3)28 (75.7)7 (41.2)0.048*
    Data show improvement in patient safety after committee intervention24 (27.9)3 (18.8)11 (26.8)7 (26.9)0.798*
    Data show improvement in medication safety after committee intervention22 (25.0)6 (35.3)7 (16.7)7 (26.9)0.276*
Department-level:
    High-risk drugs are stored separately:
        Maternity56 (74.7)8 (66.7)32 (80.0)13 (65.0)0.386*
        Medicine67 (79.8)13 (76.5)33 (80.5)18 (78.3)0.938†
        Surgery62 (73.8)12 (75.0)27 (69.2)20 (76.9)0.774*
    Drugs storage locked:
        Maternity52 (70.3)9 (69.2)24 (61.5)16 (84.2)0.215*
        Medicine56 (68.3)10 (58.8)29 (70.7)14 (66.7)0.679*
        Surgery57 (67.1)12 (70.6)23 (59.0)19 (76.0)0.344*
    Alcohol rub dispensers:
        Maternity49 (63.6)8 (61.5)25 (61.0)13 (65.0)0.954*
        Medicine56 (66.7)9 (52.9)27 (65.9)17 (73.9)0.385*
        Surgery54 (62.1)9 (52.9)26 (63.4)16 (61.5)0.755*
    Adult patient ID:
        Maternity35 (47.3)6 (50.0)20 (50.0)8 (42.1)0.840*
        Medicine21 (25.3)4 (23.5)9 (22.5)5 (21.7)0.991*
        Surgery25 (29.1)5 (29.4)10 (24.4)8 (30.8)0.831*
  • 2 test; †Fisher exact test.