Webinar: The Pharmacists’ Role in Reducing Prescription Drug Misuse (CPEasy)

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Live webinar for Pharmacist and Techs
CPE Hours 1

Presented by: John Bringuel, M.A., ICPS

The pharmacist can have an impact on reducing prescription drug misuse in the community by understanding the role of prescription dropboxes as well as in-home lockable storage.

Learning Objectives for pharmacists

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the efficacy of medication storage and disposal interventions in improving patient safety.
• Summarize the role of the pharmacist in promoting medication storage & disposal, including information on locations of dropboxes in GA.
• Outline the steps for installing and maintaining a medication dropbox in a Georgia pharmacy.

Learning Objectives for pharmacy techs

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the efficacy of medication storage and disposal interventions in improving patient safety.
• Summarize the role of the pharmacy tech in promoting medication storage & disposal, including information on locations of dropboxes in GA.
• Outline the steps for installing and maintaining a medication dropbox in a Georgia pharmacy.

Registration fee:

GPhA member   FREE
Non-member      $25.00