• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Each year, close to one million poisonings in children less than 6 years of age are reported to U.S. poison centers. Most could have been prevented with proper storage and proper use of medicines and household products. Pharmacists and other health care providers need to have a good understanding of why pediatric poisonings occur to play an important role in educating families about poison prevention.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   20252H04_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   20252H04_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Identify risk factors and reasons why poisonings occur in children

  Identify steps that should be taken when a poisoning occurs

  List the most common substances involved in pediatric poisonings

  Recognize what health care professionals can do to help prevent pediatric poisonings

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recognize what health care professionals can do to help prevent pediatric poisonings

  List the most common substances involved in pediatric poisonings

  Identify risk factors and reasons why poisonings occur in children

  Identify steps that should be taken when a poisoning occurs

  Nurse

  Identify risk factors and reasons why poisonings occur in children

  Recognize what health care professionals can do to help prevent pediatric poisonings

  Identify steps that should be taken when a poisoning occurs

  List the most common substances involved in pediatric poisonings

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-768037

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-20-252-H04-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-20-252-H04-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-20-252-H04-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Lisa  Booze, PharmD, CSPI Retired Poison Information Specialist, Maryland Poison Center

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