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A 12-month audit of a paediatric ward identifies four prescriptions in which a weight-based dose was written ten times higher than intended; two of these reached the child. All four were handwritten on the ward drug chart by junior medical staff during evening shifts, and all four passed a nursing check before administration. The unit has funding for one change. Which one of the following is most likely to prevent this type of error?