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Certificate in Medication Safety
Certificate in Medication Safety
Medication safety training covering error prevention, high-alert medications and incident reporting.
Course Overview
What you will learn
- Identify common causes and types of medication errors.
- Apply the rights of medication administration consistently.
- Manage high-alert medications with additional safeguards.
- Use double-checking and verification systems effectively.
- Report and learn from medication safety incidents.
Curriculum
Course outline
Module 1 — Understanding medication errors
Common error types, root causes and contributing factors.
Module 2 — Safe administration practice
The rights of administration and verification steps.
Module 3 — High-alert medications
Identifying and managing high-risk drugs safely.
Module 4 — Incident reporting & learning
Reporting systems and using incidents to improve practice.
Assessment & certification
Case-based assessment. Successful candidates receive their QR-verified DIMS certificate.