An evaluation of continuous subcutaneous infusions across seven NHS acute hospitals: is there potential for 48-hour infusions?

Table 1 Overview of CSCI prescribing across all sites

Site	No. of Patients	No. of CSCI Combinations recorded	No. of CSCIs ran unchanged for one day	No. of CSCIs that ran unchanged for 2–3 days	No. of CSCIs that ran unchanged for 3+ days	No. of CSCIs that ran for 2 or more consecutive days that did not include Saturday and Sunday	Median duration of an unchanged CSCI prescription
1	83	151	56	57	38	41	2 (1, 4)
2	64	128	48	55	25	28	2 (1, 3)
3	11	20	10	8	2	2	1.5 (1, 2.75)
4	26	53	20	25	8	8	2 (1, 3)
5	34	71	39	26	6	9	1 (1, 2)
6	21	35	12	13	10	9	2 (1, 4)
7	49	124	77	37	10	9	1 (1, 2)

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