September DEA Conference on Preventing Drug Diversion Open to Pharmacy Personnel in Massachusetts

Topics: Diversion and Pharmacists

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is offering two regional one-day Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) in Boston, MA, with one on Saturday, September 21, 2013, and another on Sunday September, 22, 2013. Each one-day conference is open to pharmacy personnel (pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, or loss prevention personnel) who are employed by pharmacies or hospitals/clinics that are registered with DEA in the state of Massachusetts. The conference is designed to assist pharmacy personnel in identifying and responding to potential diversion activity. Location details, a conference agenda, and a link to the online registration form are available on the DEA Web site. There is no registration fee for these conferences. Upon completion of the one-day conference, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will receive seven Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education-accredited continuing pharmacy education hours (0.7 CEUs).