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DURATION
1 up to 3 Hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* free course
Introduction
Health professionals require training to safely handle and administer medications to protect the patients in their care from the dangers posed by mishandled medical drugs. This course explores the safety procedures used in medicine management to provide you with these important medical safety skills. We explain how to handle hazardous drugs and prevent prescription errors. We also describe how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the use of medicine.
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Curriculum
- Module 1: Safe Medicine Administration
- Module 2: Course assessment
Program Outcome
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Explain the importance of medication safety
- Distinguish between policies and protocols in medicine administration
- State the standard operating procedures (SOP) for the safe and secure handling of medicine
- Discuss the importance of personal protective equipment when handling hazardous drugs
- Describe the legal and practical documentation required for keeping track of medication
- Explain how COVID-19 affects guidelines for safe medication administration