COURSE

Medication Considerations for Patients with Swallowing Difficulties or Feeding Tubes

DATE

This activity took place on July 11, 2023, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm. Participants who attended the live webinar will not receive credits for this home study version. Per BPS, this BCGP recertification activity will be published for twelve months.

Per ACPE, this activity must be completed by September 01, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. No exceptions or extensions permitted.

NOTE

To prevent duplicate purchase, please double check your previously completed courses before purchasing any upcoming live or home study course from the course catalog.

This course is NOT FL Consultant Approved.

ACTIVITY FEE

$20 - Member, $35 Non-Member

PRESENTER

Elizabeth Sebranek, PharmD, BPCS, BCGP

Pharmacy Teaching and Scholarship Manager

Intermountain Healthcare

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

Elizabeth Sebranek discloses no relevant financial conflicts of interest with regards to this activity.

ASCP's BCGP webinars are supported in part through a generous grant from the ASCP Foundation

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is designed to review ASPEN guidelines for medications administration via feeding tubes and associated errors noted in practice. Complications of medication administration in patients with swallowing difficulties or feeding tubes (bezoars, clogged tubes, diarrhea, etc.) will be discussed in detail. The ISMP "Do Not Crush" list will be simplified to help a pharmacist remember types of medications on this list and recommend safer therapeutic substitutions. The NIOSH Hazardous Drug List will be reviewed with suggestions about how to optimize safety of the healthcare worker administering a medication on this list.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this application-based activity, participants should be able to:

• Evaluate common characteristics of medications which should not be crushed and risk for patient safety issues.
• Review best practices for medication administration via feeding tubes.
• Analyze complications of medication administration via​ feeding tubes.
• Devise a patient-specific care plan regarding formulation selection for a patient with swallowing difficulties or receiving medications via a feeding tube.

CONTINUING PHARMACY EDUCATION

The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

UAN: 0203-0000-23-042-H01-P

Initial Release Date: September 1, 2023

Credits: 1.5 BCGP/CPE credits (1hr.recorded & 0.5hr. post-test assessment content)

Expiration Date: September 1, 2024, at 11:59pm ET

HOW TO CLAIM CREDIT

To ensure successful transfer of BCGP credit, your ASCP profile must be updated with your correct BCGP Credential Number and BPS-IND# prior to course completion. *Please note, any edit/updates made to your BCGP credential information in your ASCP profile after course completion requires a re-push, please submit your completed transcript to education@ascp.com for a manual upload.

CPE & BCGP Credit: You must complete the post-test and evaluation by the expiration date to receive credit. You have three attempts to achieve a 75% or higher on the 8-question post-test. ASCP reports CPE attainment to ACPE and NABP via the CPE Monitor system. The course should be posted within 24-48 hours of evaluation completion. It is the responsibility of the participant to provide their correct date of birth (MMDD format) and NABP e-Profile ID on their member or guest profile on the ASCP Website.

PROVIDER CONTACT INFORMATION
For questions about this educational activity, please contact ASCP at: education@ascp.com

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