High-Alert Medications

The provincially approved Safety Controls for High-Alert Medications Provincial Clinical Standard and Provincial High-Alert Medication List standardizes the identification, storage, labelling, preparation and administration of High-Alert Medications (HAM) across all Service Delivery Organizations (SDOs).

• Provincial High Alert Medication Update Memo (Dec. 27, 2023)
• Safety Controls for High-Alert Medications, Provincial Clinical Standard (Updated July 2024)
• Provincial High-Alert Medication List (Updated July 2024)
• Provincial Clinical Change Memo

Resources

Disclaimer: The education and training resources listed below are generalizable, provincial content to be leveraged by Service Delivery Organization (Regional) education and implementation teams. Health-care Providers are to defer to their SDO teams to provide context-specific information and education.

• PowerPoint Presentation (Updated Feb. 2024)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Posters
  • High-Alert Medications (Updated Dec. 2023)
  • Opioids and High-Potency Narcotics (Updated Aug. 2024)
  • Parenteral Anticoagulants
  • Independent Double-Check
  • Concentrated Electrolytes (Updated Aug. 2024)
• Personal Care Homes
  • Double-Checking High-Alert Medications in PCH Poster (updated Aug. 2024)
  • High-Alert Medications List PCH Highlights Poster
  • PowerPoint Presentation: High-Alert Medications in Personal Care Homes (updated Aug. 2024)

Lunch and Learn Webinars

Jan. 10, 2024

Videos

Safety Controls for High-Alert Medications – General Presentation

High-Alert Medications in Personal Care Homes (updated Aug. 2024)