Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video reviews how to identify high-alert medications, and demonstrates how to perform independent double checks and line reconciliation.
0:42 - Medication Errors and High Alert Medications
2:44 - Confirmation Bias
4:55 - Demonstration: IDC With Intermittent Medication
8:20 - Demonstration: IDC With Continuous Medication
11:41 - Conclusion
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon watching this video, learners will be able to:
• Identify high-alert medications that may require an independent double check (IDC)
• Describe how confirmation bias can negatively impact an independent double check
• Describe the steps of an independent double check for intermittent and continuous medications
AUTHORS
Julie A. Murphy, PhD, MBA, RN, CPHQ
Senior Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
Clinical Education, Informatics, Quality, and Practice
Boston Children's Hospital
Kathryn Gustafson, BSN, RN, CPST
Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
CEI, Quality and Professional Practice
Boston Children's Hospital
DATES
Initial Publication: July 2, 2025
Please visit: openpediatrics.org
OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access, thus at no expense to the user.
For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support or control any related videos in the sidebar; these are placed by YouTube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
CITATION
Murphy JA, Becla K, Donovan K, Miller DM, Paulson A, Treseler J, DeGrazia M, Gustafson K. Independent Double Checks and Line Reconciliation. 07/2025. OPENPediatrics. Video: youtu.be/jzn5-oqjlEM.
This video reviews how to identify high-alert medications, and demonstrates how to perform independent double checks and line reconciliation.
0:42 - Medication Errors and High Alert Medications
2:44 - Confirmation Bias
4:55 - Demonstration: IDC With Intermittent Medication
8:20 - Demonstration: IDC With Continuous Medication
11:41 - Conclusion
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon watching this video, learners will be able to:
• Identify high-alert medications that may require an independent double check (IDC)
• Describe how confirmation bias can negatively impact an independent double check
• Describe the steps of an independent double check for intermittent and continuous medications
AUTHORS
Julie A. Murphy, PhD, MBA, RN, CPHQ
Senior Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
Clinical Education, Informatics, Quality, and Practice
Boston Children's Hospital
Kathryn Gustafson, BSN, RN, CPST
Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
CEI, Quality and Professional Practice
Boston Children's Hospital
DATES
Initial Publication: July 2, 2025
Please visit: openpediatrics.org
OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access, thus at no expense to the user.
For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support or control any related videos in the sidebar; these are placed by YouTube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
CITATION
Murphy JA, Becla K, Donovan K, Miller DM, Paulson A, Treseler J, DeGrazia M, Gustafson K. Independent Double Checks and Line Reconciliation. 07/2025. OPENPediatrics. Video: youtu.be/jzn5-oqjlEM.
