At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

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

At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Differentiate medication errors and adverse events
2. Describe common causes of medication errors
3. Identify various ways to avoid medication errors in community pharmacy
4. Describe the role of pharmacy technicians in preventing medication errors

AchieveCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

AchieveCE is also accredited by the Florida Board of Pharmacy (provider no. 50-20641). This course is approved by CE Broker, with CE Broker No. 20-852347.

Peter A. Kreckel, RPh is a most unique breed of community pharmacist. He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. He has practiced independent community pharmacy for his entire career. He began his teaching career at St. Francis University in 2005, in the Department of Physician Assistant Sciences. For the past 16 years, he has taught Pharmacology to over 700 Physician Assistant Science students in their didactic year. He teaches all disciplines year-round, from Antibiotic therapy to Ob-Gyn.

This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support. Peter Kreckel, RPh. has no actual or potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

  Level 2. Basic Application of Skills and Concepts