(D12) Strengthen Medication Safety Across Care Settings Through Team-Based Diabetes Care

Preventable medication errors remain a significant threat to people with diabetes, particularly during vulnerable moments such as hospitalization, discharge, and transitions between care settings. Using experiential and evidence-based insights from community, inpatient, and ambulatory practice, this interprofessional session presents strategies to reduce errors across the care continuum. Attendees will examine ISMP-aligned risk-reduction tactics, standardized communication practices, Tall-Man lettering, high-alert insulin safeguards, deprescribing approaches, and team-based CQI strategies. Through practical cases, participants will learn how DCESs can improve prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring while enhancing care continuity, team satisfaction, sustainability, and quality of life outcomes.