SCOPE DOCUMENT Provincial, Clinical PS-60-01

Alberta Health Services 2016 PAGE: 1 of 8 TITLE INDEPENDENT DOUBLE-CHECK SCOPE provincial , Clinical DOCUMENT # PS-60-01 APPROVAL LEVEL Senior Operating Officer, Pharmacy Services SPONSOR provincial Medication Management Committee INITIAL EFFECTIVE DAT E June 19, 2015 CATEGORY Patient Safety REVISION EFFECTIVE DAT E April 13, 2016 PARENT DOCUMENT TYPE & TITLE None NOTE: The first appearance of terms in bold in the body of this DOCUMENT (except titles) are defined terms - please refer to the Definitions section. If you have any questions or comments regarding the inf ormation in this guideline, please contact the Policy & Fo r ms Department at The Policy & Fo r ms w ebsite is the of f icial source of current approved policies, procedures, directives, and practice support documents. OBJECTIVE To establish a consistent process for the activity of an independent double-check prior to medication administration, where appropriate.

b) date and time(s) the independent double-check(s) were performed. 3.2 When unable to obtain both signatures (e.g., an electronic health record is not

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