Medication Safety in Oncology and Beyond

Activity Description

The goal of this activity is to provide pharmacists and pharmacy technicians an overview of medication errors including, best practices for prevention, the importance of error reporting and promoting a “Just Culture” environment to enhance medication and patient safety.  The program will comprehensively review primary types of medication errors, including when and where they are likely to occur, risk factors associated with medication errors and will explore medications or practices likely to be implicated in medication errors. Participants will gain improved knowledge and understanding of the role they play in preventing medication errors and will feel empowered to promote a safe culture in the workplace.

CE Credit: 2.0 hours
Fee: This activity does not require payment to register.

Important Notes:

• This is a written CE activity. Please be sure to download and read the CE article found within the “Learning Materials” tab after registering for this CE.
• The CE Code is located within the CE article.
• This CE activity is approved by the Florida Board of Pharmacy to meet the 2-hour education requirement on medication errors CE.

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Learning Objectives

• Define a medication error.
• Discuss the primary types and impact of medication errors.
• Explain the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process and situations that can be resolved using RCA.
• Review Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) best practices to prevent medication errors.
• Identify factors that contribute to medication errors and possible barriers to reporting errors.
• Describe the roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in preventing and reporting medication errors.

Obtaining CE Credit

To receive credit, you must and complete all the steps found in the “Complete Credit Requirements” link provided by the registration confirmation email from LecturePanda You may also use this page to obtain CE credit. After following the link on this page to in order to receive credit:

• Reviewing the course learning materials.
• Confirming information provided on registration.
• Watching the CE video (if it is an enduring or on-demand CE activity) to its entirety
• Submitting the CE Code (disclosed towards the end of all CE activities)
• Completing all listed evaluations and CE assessments.  

Credit requirements must be completed before the date of the activity. Upon completion, eligible continuing education credit will be submitted to the appropriate accrediting body. Pharmacist and pharmacy technician credit will be reported to ACPE and reflected in your CPE Monitor profile within 24 hours. Reporting timelines for other healthcare professions may vary by accrediting body or state board.