Table 2 Rates of clinical incidents pre- and post- intervention

Bed days

Pre-intervention

1226

2033

1021

3720

2166

1235

11401

Post-intervention

1321

1831

1101

3100

2415

2079

11847

RRS activations

(per 1000 bed days)

Pre-intervention

16 (13.10)

14 (6.89)

3 (2.94)

33 (8.87)

17 (7.85)

8 (6.48)

91 (7.98)

Post-intervention

18 (13.63)

19 (10.38)

6 (5.45)

22 (7.10)

20 (8.28)

8 (3.85)

93 (7.85)

(p = 0.899)

(p = 0.239)

(p = 0.381)

(p = 0.416)

(p = 0.870)

(p = 0.296)

(p = 0.910)

Cardiac Arrests

(per 1000 bed days)

Pre-intervention

3 (2.45)

2 (0.98)

0 (0)

4 (1.08)

1 (0.46)

0 (0)

10 (0.88)

Post-intervention

2 (1.51)

5 (2.73)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

7 (0.59)

(p = 0.599)

(p = 0.222)

-

(p = 0.984)

(p = 0.987)

-

(p = 0.423)

Missed RRS activations

(per 1000 bed days)

Pre-intervention

3 (2.45)

2 (0.98)

0 (0)

4 (1.08)

3 (1.39)

0 (0)

12 (1.05)

Post-intervention

1 (0.76)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.32)

1 (0.41)

1 (0.48)

4 (0.34)

(p = 0.309)

(p = 0.988)

-

(p = 0.281)

(p = 0.295)

(p = 0.991)

(p = 0.049)*

Unplanned ICU admissions

(per 1000 bed days)

Pre-intervention

6 (4.89)

5 (2.46)

-

-

-

1 (0.81)

12 (2.67)

Post-intervention

5 (3.79)

2 (1.09)

-

5 (1.61)

7 (2.90)

0 (0)

19 (1.77)

(p = 0.773)

(p = 0.444)

-

-

-

(p = 0.987)

(p = 0.264)