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Table 3 Surgical instrument packaging errors by different time periods

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

Time period

Total package

Package with errors

Error rate

8:00–12:00

10,025 (29.6%)

89 (22.4%)

0.89%

12:00–16:00

11,057 (32.7%)

137 (34.4%)

1.24%

16:00–20:00

12,757 (37.7%)

172 (43.2%)

1.35%*

  1. *p < 0.05