MAMC Pharmacy Series: Best Practices for Prescribing Insulin Syringes and Pen Needles

May 14, 2025

Program Description

This live, in-person event will focus on the best practices for prescribing insulin syringes and pen needles, specifically examining factors that influence needle length choice and the implications for patient care. The purpose of this course is to enhance outpatient pharmacist and technician understanding and application of these practices among healthcare providers, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing the risk of complications related to improper insulin delivery techniques.

 

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify factors that influence needle length choice.
  2. List formulary insulin syringes and pen needles for prescribing based on best practices.
  3. Explain how to select an appropriate pen needle for the given patient case.
  4. Explain how to select an appropriate insulin syringe for the given patient case.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Pharmacists (ACPE)
    UAN: UPDATE
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE)
    UAN:
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
Course opens: 
05/07/2025
Course expires: 
05/28/2025
Event starts: 
05/14/2025 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/14/2025 - 1:00pm EDT
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Emily Leaf, PharmD, BC-ADM. Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Pharmacists (ACPE)
    UAN: UPDATE
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE)
    UAN:
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is May 28, 2025.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional technical support, email [email protected].