October 21, 2025 MGH Pharmacy Week: Minimizing Exposure, Maximizing Safety - High-Risk Hazardous Medication Handling in Pharmacy

October 21, 2025

"Minimizing Exposure, Maximizing Safety: High-Risk Hazardous Medication Handling in Pharmacy"

Lateefat Lawal & John Devin

Target Audience

This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Distinguish between high-risk and low-risk hazardous medication at MGH
  2. Differentiate between decontamination, deactivation, disinfecting, and cleaning procedures for high-risk hazardous medications
  3. Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate personal protective equipment for high-risk hazardous medication compounding
  4. Identify common sources of unintentional environmental contamination with hazardous medication compounding

Additional Information

Provided by: 

Massachusetts General Hospital - Department of Pharmacy & Mass General Brigham

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 1.00 ACPE Technician
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
09/30/2025
Course expires: 
11/21/2025
Event starts: 
10/21/2025 - 2:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/21/2025 - 3:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
MGH Pharmacy Week 2025
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Ramy Elshaboury, PharmD - Course Director
Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services & Graduate Pharmacy Education, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Residency Program for PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency - Massachusetts General Hospital

Lateefat Lawal
P4 Pharmacy Student, Longitudinal Advanced Pharmacy Practice Program - Massachusetts General Hospital
Northeastern University School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

John Devin
P4 Pharmacy Student, Longitudinal Advanced Pharmacy Practice Program - Massachusetts General Hospital
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy

Content Mentor: Kara Layton

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement

Pharmacy
This activity provides 1.00 contact hour (1.00 CEU) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN):  JA0007437-0000-25-024-L07-P

Pharmacy Technicians
This activity provides 1.00 contact hour (1.00 CEU) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA0007437-0000-25-024-L07-T

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 1.00 ACPE Technician
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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