Table 1.

Alerting Situations and Expected Actions

Alerting Situation	Expected Clinician Action
K+ < 3.5 mEq/L, patient receiving digoxin	Order for K+ supplementation
Mg2+ < 1.8 mEq/L, patient receiving digoxin	Order for Mg2+ supplementation
No recent Mg2+ level, patient receiving digoxin	Order for an Mg2+ level
No recent K+ level, patient receiving digoxin	Order for a K+ level
No recent digoxin level, patient receiving digoxin currently and in the past	Order for a digoxin level

K⁺ = potassium; Mg²⁺ = magnesium.