MEDICATION SAFETY AND QUALITY IN PRODUCT VERIFICATION

Course overview

THIS TWO-HOUR ACPE-ACCREDITED COURSE FOCUSES ON MEDICATION SAFETY PRINCIPLES ESSENTIAL FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS PARTICIPATING IN TECHNICIAN PRODUCT VERIFICATION (TPV) AND OTHER MEDICATION-USE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES. LEARNERS WILL REVIEW KEY MEDICATION SAFETY CONCEPTS ACROSS THE MEDICATION-USE PROCESS AND THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN'S ROLE IN PROMOTING PATIENT SAFETY. THE COURSE EMPHASIZES THE PRINCIPLES OF A CULTURE OF SAFETY AND CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SYSTEM-LEVEL ERROR PREVENTION STRATEGIES RELEVANT TO TPV PRACTICE. LEARNERS WILL EXPLORE SYSTEMATIC QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS SUCH AS ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA), IDENTIFY HIGH-ALERT MEDICATIONS AND ERROR-PRONE ABBREVIATIONS, AND REVIEW APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO AND REPORTING MEDICATION ERRORS, INCLUDING THE USE OF REPORTING SYSTEMS SUCH AS FDA MEDWATCH.