About this course
The purpose of this course is to provide pharmacy professionals with a deeper understanding of common types of medication errors, reasons why these errors occur, and the steps that they can take to prevent potentially deadly mistakes in medication prescription, dispensing, administration, and use. --- This course will report to CE Broker within 24 hours and can be taken at your own pace, on any device.
Course curriculum
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Medication Errors Updated
- Course Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Course Outline
- Introduction
- Definitions
- The Roles of Organizations in Promoting Medication Safety
- Governing Bodies
- For-Profit Organizations
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Improving Medication Safety Through Systemic Change
- Florida Law: Improving Safety by Focusing on Continuous Quality Improvement
- Common Medication Errors Involving Health Care Professionals
- Patient-Initiated Medication Errors
- Reporting Medication Errors
- Medication Safety During Dispensing
- The Six “Rights”
- Increased Use of Technology
- Preventing Drug Name Confusion
- Drug Labeling
- FDA Recommendations
- The Role of the Consumer in Improving Medication Safety
- Conclusion
- Quiz
- Resources
- Course Evaluation