Was This Dose Given Inside the CMS Administration Window?
Whether a scheduled dose was given inside the CMS administration window.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Scheduled time
- 2026-10-12T09:00
- Time the dose was given
- 2026-10-12T10:20
- Frequency of the order
- More often than daily, but no more often than every 4 hours
- Class under the hospital's policy
- Not time-critical under the hospital's policy
Result: Outside the window: given 1 h 20 min late; the window is 1 h before or after (2026-10-12 08:00 to 2026-10-12 10:00).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Scheduled time (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Time the dose was given (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Frequency of the order
- Class under the hospital's policy
- A tighter hospital window, each side (optional)
How this is calculated
Citation
CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix A (Rev. 248, issued September 18, 2026), tag A-0405, interpretive guidelines for 42 CFR 482.23(c): total windows of 1 hour (time-critical), 2 hours (more often than daily, up to every 4 hours) and 4 hours (daily or longer). Read the source ↗
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