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
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)