An enhanced safety medication administration system

A system provides dual independent medication administration clinical safety checks comprising a check upon medication ordering and a check substantially at the time of medication administration. A system checks safety of medication administration to a patient using an input processor for receiving, an identifier identifying a particular medication and an identifier identifying a particular patient. A first safety processor uses the received identifiers in checking for a clinical condition indicative of potentially impaired safety in administering the particular medication to the particular patient. The checking occurs substantially at the time of administering the particular medication to the particular patient. A display generator initiates generation of data representing at least one display image including a message alerting a user to the safety impairment. A second safety processor checks for a clinical condition indicative of potentially impaired safety in administering the particular medication to the particular patient using received information associated with an order prescribing the particular medication is to be administered to the particular patient.