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Focus on Error Prevention

All articles that are part of the Focus on Error Prevention series, authored by Ian Stewart.

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Part II: Putting AIMS Into Practice – Preventing Dispensing Errors of Similarly Named Drugs

February 23, 2022 by Pharmacy Connection Comments are Disabled

Read how pharmacy professionals can apply the AIMS Program to an incident related to the similarity of drug names highlighted in our Focus on Error Prevention series.

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Focus on Error Prevention (November 2021)

November 18, 2021 by Pharmacy Connection Comments are Disabled

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must be aware of the potential for error when medication is dispensed in the original sealed stock bottle.

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Focus on Error Prevention, Summer 2021

Focus on Error Prevention (Summer 2021)

July 30, 2021 by Pharmacy Connection 0 comments

Learn more about the risk of patient misidentification when processing prescriptions that have been faxed, including how to use the AIMS Program to help prevent the incident from recurring.

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Focus on Error Prevention, Winter 2021

Focus on Error Prevention (Winter 2021)

April 7, 2021 by Pharmacy Connection 0 comments

Pharmacy professionals must use extra care when assessing and confirming indication and doses for pediatric prescriptions.

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About Pharmacy Connection

The objectives of Pharmacy Connection are to communicate information about College activities and policies as well as provincial and federal initiatives affecting the profession; to encourage dialogue and discuss issues of interest to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and applicants; to promote interprofessional collaboration of members with other allied health care professionals; and to communicate our role to members and stakeholders as regulator of the profession in the public interest.