Meningitis outbreak pharmacist not guilty of murder
The pharmacist at the centre of a deadly meningitis outbreak in the United States has been found not guilty of murder Barry J Cadden was the co-owner and head pharmacist …
Soaring enrolments to help pharmacist shortage
Growing enrolments will help solve pharmacy workforce shortages, says a pharmacy professor James Cook University’s pharmacy enrolments have more than doubled this year – and graduates have no problem finding …
Forum: It’s official, Nurofen with water
“PS magazine and Reckitt Benckiser have begun to educate pharmacy assistants about the down side of taking Nurofen with food and the advisability of taking it with water only. As …
Final TGA decision: no vaping nicotine
The TGA has decided to maintain the current scheduling of nicotine, but harm minimisation stakeholders are concerned The TGA has handed down its final decision on nicotine, which is to …
Medicines reconciliation pilot shows promise
A new British preliminary study has supported changes to hospital protocols whereby pharmacists would provide medicines reconciliation Pharmacist-provided medicines reconciliation within 24 hours of admission and on discharge: a randomised …
Workplace culture affects interns’ safety attitudes
A new study has helped improve intern pharmacists’ safety attitudes… but could that improvement be sustained? Researchers from the University of Sydney have evaluated the effectiveness of a face-to-face intervention …
DDS supports kids with flu jabs
Discount Drug Stores is encouraging consumers to get their flu jabs and help protect children at the same time The banner group is supporting the health of impoverished children in …
Poll: Do banner groups have too much power?
Pharmacy banner groups have come under fire lately, with some suggesting they have too much power In a recent Nine News report it was suggested that banner groups expect pharmacy owners …
Forum: Customer refusing to leave store after request denied
“Scenario: Denied a request (could be anything Codeine, Credit etc.) and just stands there refusing to take no as an answer. What do you do/say and what kind of step …
Lease changes to create fairer relationships
Guild NSW Branch president Rick Samimi has highlighted the benefits of changes to the state’s retail leases act in his President’s Desk letter Writing to NSW Guild members, Mr Samimi …
World news wrapup: 23 March 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world London: The legal challenge to the more than £320m funding cut to the community pharmacy budget in England has …
Pregnancy tests removed from market: TGA
Some pregnancy tests have been removed from the Australian market following a TGA review The TGA has completed a review of all human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy self-test kits on …