Medication safety remains a major concern for patient safety in healthcare facilities. Despite protocols, checklists, and computerized systems, medication errors persist and continue to cause serious, often preventable, adverse events. Recent research on human factors applied to the medication circuit shows that these errors are not primarily linked to a lack of individual skills, but to the complexity of the healthcare system: interruptions, time pressure, multitasking, communication breakdowns, poorly designed interfaces, and an accumulation of fragile safety barriers. The medication circuit: a high-risk, yet manageable system. Prescription, dispensing, preparation, administration, monitoring: the medication circuit relies on a sequence of interdependent steps involving physicians, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, and nursing assistants. Human factors studies remind us of a key principle: the more complex the system, the more vulnerable it is to human error. The more complex a medication is, the more resilient it must be to human error. This notably implies: multiple and complementary safety barriers; intelligent standardization (labeling, legibility rules, the 5 Rights of Human Purpose); a culture of error reporting and analysis (REMED, CREX); and team training focused on real-life situations, not just theoretical procedures. Moving from a culture of blame to a culture of medication safety: Modern patient safety approaches emphasize a shift in perspective: medication errors are not individual failures, but symptoms of a system that can be improved. Training professionals to: identify risk situations, intercept errors before they reach the patient, and collectively analyze events are now recognized as major levers for risk reduction. Training in the medication circuit: a concrete and operational lever. It is within this framework that the SafeTeam Academy’s “Being an Actor in Medication Safety – Medication Circuit” (P38) training program is designed. This training offers a pragmatic and immersive approach, directly aligned with HAS recommendations, and enables participants to: master the entire medication circuit in healthcare facilities; understand the mechanisms of medication errors; and implement the appropriate safety barriers for each step;

Thanks to video simulations, real-life cases, gamified learning activities (dose calculation, common pitfalls in reading, ALARM analysis of an adverse event), and a group debriefing with a human factors expert, learners do more than just learn rules:
👉 they practice making their real-life practices safer.

Medication Safety and HAS Certification: A Strategic Issue

Mastering the medication process is directly linked to the requirements of HAS certification, particularly with regard to:

• prevention of adverse events associated with care,
• analysis of errors,
• multidisciplinary teamwork,
• professional involvement in patient safety.

Training teams using immersive and validated educational methods is now a strategic investment, both in terms of the quality of care, the reduction of medical-legal risks, and the sustainable improvement of medication safety.

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