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Medication safety

Ensure as a pharmacy technician you're putting the patient first by staying up to date with the latest medication safety news and patient safety training courses.

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Patient safety: part five

Part five of this series looks at patient involvement and safety campigns.

12 Jan 2021 , 3 Min Module

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Patient safety: part four

The fourth module in this series looks at patient safety, reporting and analysis.

10 Dec 2020 , 6 Min Module

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Patient safety: part three

Part three of this series provides an understanding of safety culture and some of the models that influence it.

18 Nov 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Greener schemes in pharmacy

From blister packs to PPE, the range of pharmacy items that can now be recycled is growing all the time. 

12 Nov 2020 , 4 Min Article

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Patient safety: part two

Part two of patient safety considers the basic principles of the London Protocol and wider causes of patient safety incidents.

13 Oct 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Patient safety: part one

This CPPE module considers patient safety and helps pharmacy technicians understand what is meant by a safety culture.

11 Sep 2020 , 3 Min Module

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Deprescribing

This module provides an overview of managing inappropriate polypharmacy.

26 May 2020 , 3 Min Module

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Pharmacy safety organisation targets LASA errors

The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group cites reducing look alike, sound alike errors as one of its top priorities for 2020.

17 Jan 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Improving patient safety: lithium

This CPD module provides an overview of bipolar disorder and information on how to support patients taking lithium.

14 Jan 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Antimicrobial Resistance

This CPD module looks at antimicrobial resistance and the pharmacy team's role in tackling this patient safety threat.  

14 Oct 2019 , 4 Min Module

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Renal therapeutics: part two

Part two of this renal therapeutics CPPE module looks at the effects of medicines and how ADME are affected in patients.

13 Sep 2019 , 3 Min Module

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Patient safety part two

This is the second CPPE module in our series on patient safety, defining adverse events and explaining the different levels of harm. 

23 Apr 2018 , 900 Min Module

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Medicines reconciliation

This CPPE module is about medicines reconciliation, focusing on how it contributes to medicines optimisation and person-centred care. 

17 Jan 2018 , 900 Min Module

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Patient safety in community pharmacy

This CPD module provides an overview of patient safety in community pharmacy.

03 Jul 2017 , 900 Min Module

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