The week in review
Ownership provisions were under the spotlight this week, plus there were updates on the Active Script List model, real-time monitoring and active ingredient prescribing This week we heard that active …
Pharmacy leaving no one behind…
Looking into inequities ‘unmasked’ by the pandemic The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has published its latest collection of articles on equity and equality in pharmacy. The 2020 FIP-EquityRx Collection focuses …
A strategic vision
Guild announces new National Council Committees and Chairs The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s new National Council have recently met in South Australia to bring on board its new councillors. This …
Clarity needed on EOI process
Pharmacies have received an update on EOIs for the COVID-19 vaccination program, but the Guild says there is a lack of detail around the selection process Pharmacies that put in …
Locally produced jab now available
More than 830,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in Melbourne will be released for supply The TGA has approved release of the first four batches of the Melbourne-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine, totalling …
Clozapine implicated in accidental deaths
More than half of fatal drug poisonings involving the antipsychotic clozapine are unintentional, according to new research based on Australian coronial data Among fatal drug poisonings reported in Australia over …
Pharmacist error lands patient in ED
A pharmacist accidentally gave a patient almost seven times his usual dose of methadone, then allowed him to drive home afterwards A registered pharmacist from New Zealand has been ordered …
Dosing errors, wrong medicines
What are the most common medicine self-administration errors? Pharmacist researchers Dr Ramesh Walpola and Fatma Aldila from the School of Population Health, UNSW have conducted a systematic review to identify …
Changing of the guard
Trent Twomey has been announced as the new national president of the Pharmacy Guild The National Council of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has declared Professor Trent Twomey as the …
Jab safety update
Cases of anaphylaxis reported with Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs, as TGA advises on blood clots More than 183,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including over 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, have …
Dose timing essential for COVID-19, flu vaccines
There are two mass vaccination programs running in parallel to one another with some juggling involved, advises Guild leader Phase 1B of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine program kicked off on Monday …
Singled out
Pharmacy Guild Queensland branch president Trent Twomey accepts nomination for national president role Professor Trent Twomey is the single nominee for the presidency of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, with …
