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Table 2 Surgical instrument packaging errors by different hierarchies of nurses

From: Errors in packaging surgical instruments based on a surgical instrument tracking system: an observational study

Hierarchy

Total package (%)

Package with errors (%)

Error rate

N1

13,512 (39.9%)

276 (69.4%)

2.04%*

N2

11,425 (33.8%)

87 (21.8%)

0.76%

N3

8902 (26.3%)

35 (8.8%)

0.39%

  1. *p < 0.05