Patient Safety: Medication Safety

Webinar series Patient Safety

Module 4: Medication Safety

Drug therapy does not begin in the pharmacy

Safe drug therapy begins with the prescription and only ends with correct administration. Many medication errors arise long before a drug is administered – through misunderstandings, unclear orders, sound-alike or look-alike preparations and error-prone administration processes.

Aim of the webinar

This webinar shows at which points in the medication process the greatest risks arise and how they can be effectively reduced through structured workflows, clear communication and simple, practical measures.

What to expect

• Where medication safety begins
• Recognising common sources of error in the medication process
• Avoiding the greatest risks during administration
• Handling look-alike/sound-alike medicines safely
• Avoiding ambiguous prescriptions

Who the webinar is for

For physicians, nursing professionals, pharmacists and staff from quality and risk management who want to improve the safety of drug therapy for the long term.

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This webinar is part of the series “Patient Safety – There Is No Such Thing as a Little Bit Safe”

The four webinars show how patient safety emerges from the interplay of people, processes and organisation. Each module provides practical approaches for everyday clinical practice and can be attended independently.

Further modules:

• Module 1: Fundamentals of Clinical Safety – Why do errors happen despite outstanding medical expertise?
• Module 2: Safe Surgery – Checklists alone do not make a safe operating theatre
• Module 3: Safe Communication in Medicine – Talking is not enough

Book the complete webinar series

Would you like to explore the topic of patient safety in depth?

If you book all four webinars, you receive a discount of €22 (net). This is deducted automatically when the invoice for the 4th webinar is issued.