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Medication Safety Incidents

This month's Pharmacy technicians CPD module focuses on medication safety incidents

Welcome to our CPD module series for community pharmacy technicians. Written in conjunction with the Pharmacy Magazine CPD series, it will mirror the magazine’s programme throughout the year. The series has been designed for you to use as part of your continuing professional development. Reflection exercises have been included to help start you off in the CPD learning cycle.

Aim: To help pharmacy technicians understand community pharmacy’s role in reducing and preventing medication safety incidents.

Objectives: After reading this module, pharmacy technicians will: 

• Understand the role pharmacy teams can play in preventing harm caused by medicines

• Understand why medication safety incidents happen

• Develop skills in identifying what can be done to reduce medication safety incidents.

 

Contributing authors:

Tony Jamieson, medicines governance lead for Leeds North, Leeds West and Leeds South & East CCGs

 

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