Practice patterns and experiences with different double-checking (DC) procedures (scenarios; for item wordings, see Methods section)
| DC procedure, n (% within DC procedure) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| Type of DC performed at unit (item 2) | |||||
| Routinely | 185 (69) | 57 (21) | 87 (33) | 117 (45) | 175 (66) |
| Exceptionally | 40 (15) | 34 (13) | 43 (16) | 64 (24) | 8 (3) |
| Not performed | 45 (17) | 175 (66) | 131 (50) | 81 (31) | 81 (31) |
| Number of double-checks responder is doing on an average day* (item 3) | |||||
| None | 16 (7) | 21 (23) | 20 (15) | 21 (12) | 14 (8) |
| 1 to 5 | 158 (70) | 40 (44) | 81 (62) | 133 (74) | 138 (76) |
| 6 to 10 | 36 (16) | 14 (16) | 13 (10) | 14 (8) | 15 (8) |
| >10 | 15 (7) | 15 (17) | 17 (13) | 11 (6) | 14 (8) |
| DC performed ‘truly’ independently* (item 6) | |||||
| Yes | – | – | 47 (37) | 81 (46) | 89 (51) |
| Frequency of detection of errors/inconsistencies during DC* (item 4) | |||||
| Never/rarely† | 167 (75) | 49 (55) | 72 (56) | 114 (64) | 130 (72) |
| Several per month | 39 (17) | 23 (26) | 31 (24) | 48 (27) | 37 (20) |
| Several per week/day† | 18 (8) | 17 (19) | 26 (20) | 17 (9) | 14 (8) |
| Preference to eliminate this type of DC* (item 5) | |||||
| Eliminate completely | 7 (3) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 5 (3) | 1 (1) |
| Do it only in exceptional cases | 23 (10) | 22 (25) | 26 (20) | 30 (17) | 10 (6) |
| Keep as is | 194 (87) | 65 (73) | 100 (78) | 144 (80) | 167 (94) |
*Only participants who reported that the type of DC is being performed at their unit (routinely/occasionally) answered these items.
†Distinct categories merged for analysis.