Top drug classes that were overridden in the outpatient setting
| Total no. of orders | Alerts triggered | Percentage of orders that triggered an alert | Alerts overridden (n=107 812) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug class | n | n | % (no. of alerts/total no. of alerts) | % (no. of alerts/total no. of orders) | n | % |
| Non-antibiotic sulfonamides (coxibs) | 1687 | 180 | 0.7 | 10.7 | 157 | 87.2 |
| Opioids | 106 972 | 5451 | 20.6 | 5.1 | 4605 | 84.5 |
| Non-antibiotic sulfonamides (without coxibs) | 78 947 | 636 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 521 | 81.9 |
| Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs* (without coxibs) | 89 590 | 2443 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 1827 | 74.8 |
| ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers | 76 639 | 597 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 438 | 73.4 |
| Cephalosporins and other beta-lactams | 15 933 | 1400 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 1009 | 72.1 |
| Penicillins | 50 351 | 1365 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 611 | 44.8 |
| Sulfonamide antibiotics | 24 412 | 347 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 85 | 24.5 |
| Other drugs | 1 550 659 | 13 988 | 53 | 0.9 | 11 092 | 79.3 |
| Monoclonal antibodies | 340 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Contrast media | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 995 531 | 26 408 | 100.1 (rounded to 100) | 1.3 | 20 345 | 77.0 |