• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Medication errors are preventable errors that can occur throughout the medication-use process. The most common types of medication errors include prescribing errors, dispensing errors, and administration errors. Pharmacy technicians play a key role in preventing these types of medication errors. This session will identify the most common medication errors, and the strategies that pharmacy technicians can employ to prevent these errors from occurring.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   23225H05_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   23225H05_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recognize the various factors that cause medication errors to occur

  Identify the types of medication and/or prescription errors that occur during prescribing or in the pharmacy setting

  Identify strategies for prevention of medication errors and the role of the pharmacy technician in this process

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1173060

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-23-225-H05-T
  

  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

  Sarah  Lisenby, CPhT-Adv, MS Director, Pharmacy Technician Program, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

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