ISMP Highlights for Action: Recent Medication Safety Concerns
Participants will learn strategies organizations can implement to support patients with low health literacy as well as recommendations organizations should consider to minimize distractions and interruptions during critical medication tasks. Learners will also learn changes organizations can make to prevent errors associated with temporarily holding medication orders.
Target Audience
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
Learning Objectives
Pharmacists
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- List three strategies organizations can implement to support patients with low health literacy.
- Describe three recommendations organizations should consider to minimize distractions and interruptions during critical medication tasks.
- Specify three system changes organizations can make to prevent errors associated with temporarily holding medication orders.
- List three recommendations from the ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications
Pharmacy Technicians
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- List three strategies organizations can implement to support patients with low health literacy.
- Describe three recommendations organizations should consider to minimize distractions and interruptions during critical medication tasks.
- Specify three system changes organizations can make to prevent errors associated with temporarily holding medication orders.
- List three recommendations from the ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications
FACULTY
DISCLOSURE
Designation Statement(s)
Pharmacists (CPE)
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Required Hardware/software
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