• Recognize the prevalence, source, and preventability of medication and pharmacy errors.
• Describe the impact of medication errors on hospital operations and patient outcomes.
• Explain the sterile medication preparation workflow and identify steps most prone to errors.
• List the internal and external factors impacting task performance and contributing to medication errors.
• Identify IV medication preparation practices that can increase the potential for medication errors.
• Employ the recommended measures to prevent IV medications errors.

Learning Objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians:

• Recognize the prevalence, source, and preventability of medication and pharmacy errors.
• List the internal and external factors impacting task performance and contributing to medication errors.
• Employ the recommended measures to prevent IV medication errors.