Mar 2, 2019 · For many years, independent double checks have been used as a risk-reduction strategy. However, this strategy has been overused, misused, and under-valued by healthcare workers. How do we turn this stress-making, over-used, and time-consuming safety check into a process that meets the needs of today’s healthcare worker, prescriber, and pharmacist?

Double checking medication administration in hospitals is often standard practice, particularly for high-risk drugs, yet its effectiveness in reducing medication administration errors (MAEs) and improving patient outcomes remains unclear.

Alsulami, Choonara and Conroy have defined a double check as ‘a procedure that requires two qualified health professionals, usually nurses, independently checking the medication before administration to the patients’ 11.

A medication double check is required: High Alert medications requiring a double check will be designated as such on the Medication Administration Record (MAR). Documentation of the double check will be recorded on the MAR or on any other document where the medication administration is …

Jan 4, 2010 · There is talk going around work that management is thinking about requiring nurses to have another nurse double-check insulin doses, meaning another nurse would have to watch one draw it up, and sign that it's the correct insulin and dose. I'm assuming this is another check to prevent med errors.

We examined what constitutes a ‘good double-check’ for cancer nurses, how frequently procedures are violated, which barriers nurses perceive in conducting DC in practice, and whether they would prefer an expansion or a reduction of DC procedures.

First, to be most effective, the double check must be conducted independently by a second person.5,7-10This reduces the risk of bias that occurs when the same person prepares and checks the medication, as that person is likely to see what they expect to …

The Joint Commission and Institute for Safe Medication Practices recommend a 2-nurse double-checking procedure when preparing insulin. Methods: This study used a randomized, controlled, nonblinded, intent-to-treat methodology.

May 29, 2015 · The second nurse should check the order, calculate the dose, and compare to the first calculation without additional information or interpretation. This reduces the chance that the double-check follows the same error path as the first calculation.