Medication Safety Certificate

ACPE Numbers: Pending  Release Date: May 21, 2025 - available to preorder Expiration Date: May 21, 2028 Activity Type: Application-based

The Medication Safety Certificate’s comprehensive curriculum is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to lead and engage in efforts to improve medication safety. The following medication safety principles are addressed:

• Stages of the medication use process
• Foundations of a medication safety culture
• Medication safety leadership and implementing change
• Improvement processes
• Human factors engineering
• System-based causes of medication errors
• Proactive and reactive identification of medication safety risks
• Risk reduction strategies
• Medication safety technology
• Investigating and analyzing medication errors
• Disclosure of medication errors and supporting second victims 

This program is accredited for continuing education for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This activity meets the criteria of the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety for CPPS continuing education (CE) credit hours.

Medication Safety Certificate Requirement 

Once a learner has completed the educational curriculum, they will have the opportunity to complete an online comprehensive exam. Once the learner passes the exam (minimum 80% passing rate; unlimited attempts permitted), they will earn the professional certificate.