• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Historically, criminal poisonings have attracted the public’s attention because of the reasons for the poisonings, the sheer number of victims involved, and/or the toxicity of the poison used.  Some of these poisonings have resulted in changes in laws and regulations to protect the public, such as the Tylenol/cyanide poisonings in 1982. This webinar will familiarize pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other health care providers with famous poisonings that have occurred in recent times, as well as shed light on why the public’s attention has been drawn to them. The toxic effects associated with the poisons and drugs often involved in criminal poisonings will also be reviewed. 
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   21033H04_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   21033H04_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recognize the toxic effects associated with drugs and chemicals that have been involved in famous poisonings.

  List the drugs and poisons used in notable intentional poisonings carried out by health care providers in health care facilities.

  Identify products and drugs that have been involved in mass poisonings because of contamination.

  Recognize how the acetaminophen/cyanide murder case changed product packaging regulations.

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recognize the toxic effects associated with drugs and chemicals that have been involved in famous poisonings.

  Identify products and drugs that have been involved in mass poisonings because of contamination.

  List the drugs and poisons used in notable intentional poisonings carried out by health care providers in health care facilities.

  Recognize how the acetaminophen/cyanide murder case changed product packaging regulations.

  Nurse

  Identify products and drugs that have been involved in mass poisonings because of contamination.

  Recognize the toxic effects associated with drugs and chemicals that have been involved in famous poisonings.

  Recognize how the acetaminophen/cyanide murder case changed product packaging regulations.

  List the drugs and poisons used in notable intentional poisonings carried out by health care providers in health care facilities.

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-798765

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-21-033-H04-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-21-033-H04-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-21-033-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

This continuing education activity is held as copyright by PharmCon, Inc. Through this notice, PharmCon, Inc. grants permission of its use for educational purposes only. These materials may not be used, in whole or in part, for any commercial purposes without prior permission in writing from the copyright owner(s).