Drug errors in hospital practice
This course explores common medication errors in hospital practice and their impact on patient safety. It covers key risk areas such as dosing, administration routes, drug selection, anticoagulation, and adverse reactions, while highlighting practical strategies to reduce errors and improve safe prescribing.
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Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Define medication errors and distinguish between mistakes, slips, and lapses
- Identify common stages in the medication process where errors can occur
- Recognise high-risk medications and scenarios associated with preventable harm
- Explain the causes and prevention of dosing errors, including with methotrexate
- Describe risks associated with incorrect routes of drug administration
- Identify factors contributing to wrong drug selection, including lookalike and soundalike medicines
- Evaluate drug interactions and monitoring requirements in anticoagulant therapy
- Recognise common presentations and causes of drug-induced skin reactions
- Apply practical strategies to reduce medication errors in hospital settings
- Understand the importance of reporting adverse drug reactions and improving patient safety systems
Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Define medication errors and distinguish between mistakes, slips, and lapses
- Identify common stages in the medication process where errors can occur
- Recognise high-risk medications and scenarios associated with preventable harm
- Explain the causes and prevention of dosing errors, including with methotrexate
- Describe risks associated with incorrect routes of drug administration
- Identify factors contributing to wrong drug selection, including lookalike and soundalike medicines
- Evaluate drug interactions and monitoring requirements in anticoagulant therapy
- Recognise common presentations and causes of drug-induced skin reactions
- Apply practical strategies to reduce medication errors in hospital settings
- Understand the importance of reporting adverse drug reactions and improving patient safety systems
Modules
Module 1
Overview of Medication Errors in Clinical Practice
Module 2
Methotrexate Dosing Errors and Safety Considerations
Module 3
Errors in Route of Drug Administration
Module 4
Incorrect Drug Selection and Anticoagulation Errors
Module 5
Drug-Induced Cutaneous Reactions
Module 6
Summary
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Frequently Asked Questions
The course covers medication errors, types of errors (mistakes, slips, lapses), high-risk drugs, dosing errors, route errors, drug interactions (e.g. anticoagulants), and recognition of adverse drug reactions.
Yes, you will receive a certification upon successful completion of the course.
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Yes, this course is suitable for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals involved in prescribing, administering, or monitoring medications in hospital settings.