Rate of adverse drug events by appropriateness of over-ride
| Allergy (n=207) | DDI (n=1170) | Dose (n=26) | Geriatric (n=11) | Renal (n=222) | Total (n=1636) | |
| Appropriate and administered, n (%)* | 181 (87.4) | 959 (82.0) | 9 (34.6) | 2 (18.2) | 209 (94.1) | 1360 (83.1) |
| Appropriate+ADE, n (%)† | 1 (0.6) | 19 (2.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 | 0 | 21 (1.5) |
| Inappropriate and administered, n (%)* | 26 (12.6) | 211 (18.0) | 17 (65.4) | 9 (81.8) | 13 (5.9) | 276 (16.9) |
| Inappropriate+ADE, n (%)† | 3 (11.5) | 24 (11.4) | 3 (17.6) | 1 (11.1) | 4 (30.8) | 35 (12.7) |
*Percentage based on number of over-rides by alert category.
†Percentage based on number of over-rides that resulted in medication administration to the patient.
ADE, adverse drug event; DDI, drug–drug interaction.