and emergencies may also handle “High Alert”
medications if they get approval of their immediate supervisor or supervising veterinarian.
3. Personnel administering a “High Alert” medication should read and understand all administration instructions before administering to a patient.
4. A list of CSAH “High Alert” drugs is located on
the outside of the Cubex units.
5. Once a “High Alert” medication is drawn up, a
label must be placed on the syringe indicating
the name of the medication. All pre-labeled
labels are located in the Cubex unit with the
medication.
6. The label should be placed on the syringe covering the cap of the needle AND the syringe.
2. Caution Alert Medications are injectable
medications that have specific instructions for
administration; example: dilution, give slowly,
or give as a CRI.
3. Once a Caution Alert medication is drawn
up, a label must be placed on the syringe
indicating the name of the medication. All
pre-labeled labels are located in the Cubex
unit with the medication.
D. Non-Caution Medications
1. All Non-Caution medications are injectable
medications that are considered NOT to be
dangerous to the patient (unless misused).
There are no special instructions to be
followed before administering.
2. All Non-Caution medications are labeled with
a GREEN label. Once medication is drawn up,
a label must be placed on the syringe
indicating the name of the medication. All
pre-labeled labels are located in the Cubex
unit with the medication.
III. DOSE
A. Doses should be calculated at least two times
before creating an order.
B. Ensure that the name of medication,
concentration and dose are all correct.
C. Caution Alert Medications
1. All Caution Alert medications are pre-labeled
with a YELLOWlabel on the bottle/vial.
Inventory personnel are responsible for
labeling these drugs before they are taken out
of central storage and put into hospital use.
C. When creating the order for a medication, be
specific to drug name, drug concentration,
drug dose, calculated dose in mg, quantity of
drug in ml, and delivery route. Example:
1. Handwritten order:
o Example:
Butorphanol (10mg/ml) –
0.2mg/kg – 2mg – 0.2ml IV