• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Medication errors affect every pharmacy practice site and occur at all steps in the medication use process. This program will discuss root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis as tools to help affect practice change. The pharmacist’s role in transitions of care and medication reconciliation will also be discussed in detail. In addition, tips, techniques, error traps and other medication error prevention tools will be discussed. Finally, the program will provide case examples and practical information that any pharmacist can quickly implement to reduce medication errors at their practice site. This course has been approved to meet the 2.0 hour requirement for medication error prevention training for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by the Florida Board of Pharmacy.

  This course has been approved to meet the 2.0 hour requirement for medication error prevention training for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by the Florida Board of Pharmacy.

   

  
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   23234H05_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   23234H05_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Describe the characteristics of root cause analysis and failure mode and effectives analysis

  Describe common medication errors made in pharmacies and how to prevent them

  Describe the pharmacy’s role in transitions of care and medication reconciliation

  Pharmacy Technician

  Describe common medication errors made in pharmacies and how to prevent them

  Describe the characteristics of root cause analysis and failure mode and effectives analysis

  Describe the pharmacy’s role in transitions of care and medication reconciliation

  Nurse

  Describe the pharmacy’s role in transitions of care and medication reconciliation

  Describe common medication errors made in pharmacies and how to prevent them

  Describe the characteristics of root cause analysis and failure mode and effectives analysis

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1091726

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-23-234-H05-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-23-234-H05-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-23-234-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

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