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Med Errors: More Than Just Oops!

Tracking # 20-873351

$16.00

4.6 (3,337 ratings)
Educator ACHIEVE CE - EDUCATION SERVICES
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Method Computer-Based Training

What you'll learn

Pharmacist Learning Objectives

  • Review the pillars of safe medication administration and the definitions of medication errors
  • Describe the common types of medication errors and their potential consequences
  • Identify the roles of various governing bodies and state laws in promoting and ensuring medication safety
  • Discuss the best practices in preventing medication errors


Pharmacy Technician Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate medication errors and adverse events
  • Describe common causes of medication errors
  • Identify various ways to avoid medication errors in community pharmacy
  • Describe the role of pharmacy technicians in preventing medication errors


Course overview

Medication errors can have serious consequences for patients. In fact, preventable adverse effects from medication errors are still a leading cause of death in the United States. Committing to medication safety is therefore essential to pharmaceutical care. Insight into the common causes and consequences of medication errors is important, so that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can be better equipped to enhance patient safety and reduce pharmacy liability. Email info@achievece.com to report your credits to CPE Monitor

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Michigan Board of Pharmacy

Pharmacist

2h General

Pharmacist Special Volunteer

2h General

Pharmacy Technician

2h Patient Safety

Pharmacy Technician Special Volunteer

2h Patient Safety

New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy

Certified Pharmacy Technician

2h Compounding CE

Pharmacist

2h Contact Hours

Disclosure statements

Pete Kreckel has no actual or potential conflicts of interest to disclose. This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support. AchieveCE’s full accreditation list can be found on their accreditations page.

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