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Table 1 Acceptable deviation from observed values

From: Man vs machine in emergency medicine – a study on the effects of manual and automatic vital sign documentation on data quality and perceived workload, using observational paired sample data and questionnaires

Vital Sign

Acceptable deviation from observation

Systolic Blood pressure

<= 4 mm/Hg

Tympanic Temperature

<=0.1 degree Celsius

Saturation

<  2%

Heart Rate

< = 4 beats per minute

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