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Medication Management

Target audience is pharmacists, medical staff, and nursing leaders.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to understand the components of a comprehensive medication management program.

• Evaluate policies, data, and processes pertaining to medications in all areas of the organization.
• Review of high-risk processes.

• Understand pharmacy operations assessments
• Understand the safe use of electronic medical systems

Course content will include:

• Organization management of pharmacy services including settings and staffing
• Selection and procurement of medications
• Ordering and transcribing of medication – elements of complete medication orders
• Storage of medications properly and safely
• Storage of concentrated electrolytes and high alert medications
• Discuss conditions for product stability
• Storage of controlled medications

• Storage of medications requiring special handling
• Preparing and dispensing including Intravenous Admixtures
• Appropriateness review of medication orders
• Administration
• Medication recall system
• Monitoring of medication effects and adverse effects on patients
• Medication errors definition, reporting and processes to act on medication errors.

The JCI consultant will utilize didactic presentation, group exercises, assessment of safe medication management processes utilizing tracer methodology.