Medication Safety: Moving from Reaction to Patent Centered Prevention

Course overview

Upon completion of this program pharmacists will be able to: Explain medication errors and key terms associated with patient safety; Describe proactive processes that promote medication safety through prevention; Describe the application of Failure Mode Effects Analysis to mitigate potential medication errors; Demonstrate the application of root cause analysis to a quality related medication event; Recall medication safety strategies that effectively prevent medication errors. Upon completion of this program technicians will be able to: Define medication errors and key terms associated with patient safety; Name the most common proactive processes that promote medication safety through prevention; List the application of Failure Mode Effects Analysis to assist with mitigating potential medication errors; Name essential root cause analysis of common quality related events; List important medication safety strategies that prevent medication errors.