Issues Pharmacy Professionals Must Address - Live Webinar on December 17, 2024 10AM ET
After 40 years on the bench, Pete Kreckel has compiled various tips in avoiding medication errors for patient safety
About this webinar
After 40 years on the bench, Pete Kreckel has compiled various tips in avoiding medication errors for patient safety. Medication errors can have serious consequences for patients. In fact, preventable adverse effects from medication errors are still a leading cause of death in the United States. Committing to medication safety is therefore essential to pharmaceutical care. Insight into the common causes and consequences of medication errors is important, so that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can be better equipped to enhance patient safety and reduce pharmacy liability.
Pharmacist Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:
Review the pillars of safe medication administration and the definitions of medication errors
Describe the common types of medication errors and their potential consequences
Identify the roles of various governing bodies and state laws in promoting and ensuring medication safety
Discuss the best practices in preventing medication errors
Pharmacy Technician Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:
Differentiate medication errors and adverse events
Describe common causes of medication errors
Identify various ways to avoid medication errors in community pharmacy
Describe the role of pharmacy technicians in preventing medication errors
Instructors
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.