Continuing Education Credit Designation
This educational activity is credited for 2 hours at completion of the activity.
Overview
More than 100,000 medication errors are reported to the Food and Drug Administration each year. Medication errors occur because of environmental factors, unavailable medication information, and miscommunication of medication orders. There are many identifiable ways to reduce mediation errors, such as using the 6 rights to medication administration, medication reconciliation, and verifying new orders through double checking and read back techniques. Medication errors are preventable, and often result from not following proper policies in place for medication administration. This learning activity identifies potential risk factors that contribute to medication errors, and solutions that may be implemented when administering medication to reduce the risk of medication errors.
Objectives
Upon completion of the reading content, the healthcare professional will be able to:
- Define medication error
- Identify factors that can cause medication errors
- Identify solutions to reduce the risk of medication errors
Policy Statement
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Disclosures
Fast CE For Less, Inc. and its authors have no disclosures. There is no commercial support.
