• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  This program will discuss the process of root cause analysis and how pharmacists should utilize it as a tool to investigate how an error occurred and prevent future medication-related errors. The program will provide a description of failure mode and effects analysis, as well as how pharmacists can be more proactive in their prevention of medication errors at their practice site. It will also provide a framework for the intentional use and implementation of medication error prevention tools and techniques to improve patient safety in the pharmacy. Finally, it will conclude with several useful and practical tips that pharmacists can readily implement at their practice sites to reduce medication errors.

  This course has been approved by the Florida Board of Pharmacy to fulfill the pharmacist and pharmacy technician requirement for 2.0 contact hours on the topic of medication error prevention. 

  
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   21072H05_6pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   21072H05_2pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Identify different strategies to aid in the reduction of medication errors

  Describe medication error reduction and prevention procedures

  Describe the process of root cause analysis and failure mode & effects analysis

  Recognize ways to improve patient medication safety

  Identify common errors made by pharmacists and how to prevent them

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recognize ways to improve patient medication safety

  Identify different strategies to aid in the reduction of medication errors

  Identify common errors made by pharmacists and how to prevent them

  Describe medication error reduction and prevention procedures

  Describe the process of root cause analysis and failure mode & effects analysis

  Nurse

  Identify different strategies to aid in the reduction of medication errors

  Describe the process of root cause analysis and failure mode & effects analysis

  Identify common errors made by pharmacists and how to prevent them

  Describe medication error reduction and prevention procedures

  Recognize ways to improve patient medication safety

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-829902

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-21-072-H05-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-21-072-H05-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-21-072-H05-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

  Donald  Sullivan, RPh, PhD Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy

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).