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Medication Errors and Public Safety: Tragic Consequences When the System Breaks Down -FL APPROVED/LAW
Continuing Education Credits for Healthcare Professionals
Credits
2 Contact Hours

Event Type
HomeStudy

Release Date
Monday, May 16, 2011

Expiration Date
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Target Audience
Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician

Program Cost
$15.00 - Free For Members



Program Overview
To provide pharmacists with an understanding of pharmacy dispensing errors, including causes, prevention, and the legal issues resulting from these errors.
This is approved for FL Medication Errors Credit.


Pharmacist Educational Objectives
  • Describe the impact of medication errors on the health care system.
  • Recognize the leading causes of medication errors.
  • List strategies to reduce or eliminate prescription medication errors in pharmacy practice
  • Explain how Continuous Quality Improvement and root cause analysis impact medication errors
  • Describe the legal consequences of prescription medication errors
Pharmacy Technician Educational Objectives
  • Describe the impact of medication errors on the health care system.
  • Recognize the leading causes of medication errors
  • List strategies to reduce or eliminate prescription medication errors in pharmacy practice
  • Explain how Continuous Quality Improvement and root cause analysis impact medication errors
  • Describe the legal consequences of prescription medication errors

Activity Type
Knowledge

Accreditation
Pharmacist 0798-0000-11-030-H03-P
Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-11-030-H03-T
PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing education. 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. Attendees may immediately print their Statement of Credit or leave them stored on this website.
Faculty
Kevin F McCarthy , RPh
Vice-President, PharmCon
Click Here For Curriculum Vitae


Financial Support By
Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, Inc.

Program Documents
Homestudy PDF: Medication Errors and Public Safety: Tragic Consequences When the System Breaks Down