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CONTINUING PHARMACY EDUCATION
Recognizing and Minimizing Medication Errors in Contemporary Practice
Speaker:
Joseph V. Etzel, Pharm.D., Associate Clinical Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY
ACPE Universal Program ID# 0122-0000-24-022-H05-P
1 Contact Hours [0.1 CEU]
Release Date: April 8, 2024
Expiration Date: April 8, 2025
Fee
$0.00
CE Hours
1.00
CE Units
0.100
Activity Type
- Knowledge
Target Audience(s)
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Accreditation(s)
Premier, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Requirements for CE Credit
There are 2 steps to completing this home-study CE.
Step 1: Watch the video presentation in its entirety.
Step 2: Click on "Take the Test" to complete the post-test and evaluation.
Please Note: A handout is provided. Please print it out and follow along with the audio recording.
Objectives
- Define “medication error” and discuss its socioeconomic impact on contemporary healthcare practice in the United States.
- Describe examples where human perception may confuse practitioners and result in medication errors.
- Discuss methods in which errors due to look-alike, sound-alike medications may be minimized.
- Describe examples where poor communication may result in medication errors.
- Explain how the introduction of technology in the workplace can both minimize error occurrences and also introduce new sources of errors in healthcare practice.
Activity Number
0122-0000-24-022-H05-P
Release Date:
Apr 8, 2024
Credit Expiration Date:
Apr 8, 2025
CE Hours
1.00