High Alert Medicines

S# Medicine Name Dosage Form/ Strength

a Anti-Arythmic
1. amiodarone hcl inj:150mg/ml,
2. lignocaine+ adrenaline inj:(0.01mg/ml,5mcg/ml) 1ml, 10ml
3. lignocaine/lidocaine inj,2% w/v
b Cardiotonics, Positive Ionotropic
4. digoxin inj,0.5mg/2ml, tab,250mcg
c Antimuscarinics/ Anticholinergics
5. atropine sulphate inj: 1mg/1ml
d Sympathomimetics
6. dobutamine inj:250mg (5ml)
7. dopamine nj,200mg(5ml)
e Vasoconstrictor, Sympathomimetics
8. adrenaline/epinephrine inj,1mg/ml
inj,4mg(4ml)
9. norepinephrine/noradrenaline
inj,4mg(4ml)
f Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs
11. atracurium besilate inj,3ml
g Bronchodilator
12. aminophylline inj,25mg/ml
h Benzodiazepines
13. midazolam inj,5mg/5ml
14. diazepam inj,5mg
i Anti-Epileptic
15. phenytoin sodium inj,250mg/5ml
16. sodium valproate inj:500mg
j Local Anaesthetic
17. lignocaine+ adrenaline inj:(0.01mg/ml,5mcg/ml) 1ml, 10ml
18. lignocaine/lidocaine inj,2% w/v
inj: 0.5%,(10ml,20ml), spinal inj:
19. bupivacaine hcl
7.5mg/2ml
k General Anaesthetic
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 20. propofol inj: 10mg/ml (20ml)
l Narcotic Antagonist
21. naloxone hcl inj: 0.4mg
m Anticoagulants
enoxaparin sodium inj: 40mg, 60mg, 80mg
fondaparinux sodium inj:2.5mg, 7.5mg
22.
heparin inj,5000iu/ml (5ml)
warfarin sodium tab: 5mg, 2.5mg
n Calcium Supplement
26. calcium gluconate inj: 100mg/ml
o Magnesium Supplements
27. magnesium sulphate inj:10ml, 20ml (500mg/ml)
p Potassium Supplements
28. potassium chloride inj,500mg/ml (25ml)
q Insulin
29. purified human neutral insulin inj: 100 iu/ml
30. isophane insulin +insulin soluble inj: 100 iu/ml
r Prostaglandin, Abortifacient
31. misoprostol tab. 200mcg
s Others
28
sodium bicarbonate Inf: 8.4%
.
29
tranexamic acid Inj: 250, 500mg
.
30
aminophylline Inj: 250mg
.

Note: High-alert medications are drugs that bear a heightened risk of causing significant patient
harm when they are used in error. Although mistakes may or may not be more common with these
drugs, the consequences of an error are clearly more devastating to patients.

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