Infection control / clinical protocol
DEMO-31 — Conflicting Governing Authorities, No Precedence Rule
Authored demonstration. Not a live employer result.
01 · Situation
Two artifacts, issued by two different named authorities, each purport to govern the same obligation, same subject, same episode, same time window — with incompatible requirements.
Artifact A — issued by the unit's illustrative clinical protocol authority, requiring a specific monitoring interval of every 4 hours for this patient category. Artifact B — issued by the facility's illustrative infection-control authority, requiring the same monitoring at a different interval, every 2 hours, for the same patient category during the same episode. No precedence artifact exists naming which authority controls when the two conflict.
02 · Evidence
What the record holds.
- E1Artifact A, 4-hour interval, applicable to this episode
Verified · on file
- E2Artifact B, 2-hour interval, applicable to the same episode, same subject, same time window
Verified · on file
- E3Governing-document repository reviewed for a precedence rule between these two authorities; none found
Verified · Day 0
03 · Obligations / Owners
The chain of responsibility.
- 01
Monitoring staff (comply with the governing interval) — which governing artifact controls is precisely what's unresolved.
04 · Event Type
The classification of the event.
EvidenceAttached — E1–E3 are attached. VerificationCompleted — the applicability, conflict, and available precedence evidence are evaluated together.
05 · Verification Result
What verification established.
Conflict between E1 and E2: SUPPORTED. Precedence in the reviewed record: INSUFFICIENT.
06 · Projection
What the evidence implies ahead.
Governing requirement not demonstrably resolved. The Engine does not select between the 4-hour and 2-hour intervals.
07 · Next Action
The corrective obligation.
An authority with standing over both protocol sources must issue an explicit precedence rule or reconcile the two requirements.
08 · Economic Boundary
Where the evidence stops.
Not established.
09 · Engine Answer
What the Engine can and cannot establish.
Two authoritative artifacts, issued by two different named authorities, apply to the same subject, episode, and time window, and require different monitoring intervals. No precedence artifact was found in the governing-document repository reviewed for this conflict. The Engine can demonstrate that both artifacts exist and conflict. It cannot determine which governs, because no precedence rule appears in the reviewed record — and it does not choose one on its own authority.
Two authorities. One episode. No rule saying which one wins.
10 · What Remains Unknown
Outside the Engine's reach.
Which interval staff actually followed in practice; whether an unreviewed precedence rule exists elsewhere.