High-Alert Medicines — Double-Check Before You Give
The medicines most likely to cause serious harm when used in error. Independent double check, every time
What it is
A drug-room poster listing the high-alert classes (anticoagulants, insulin, opioids, concentrated electrolytes, chemotherapy, sedatives, neuromuscular blockers) with the independent double-check rule and concentrated-electrolyte storage rule.
Where to use it
Every drug room and medication trolley; anaesthetic rooms; ICU. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (high-alert medicines, concentrated electrolytes).
Translate and adapt
English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.
The same code is printed on the tool itself. Scan it in any facility to reach this page.
My Medicines — Patient Card
Look-Alike / Sound-Alike Medicines — Facility List Template
Medication Reconciliation — Admission and Discharge
Medication Error and Near-Miss Report
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