Doc fined $10K over patient death
A GP has been reprimanded and fined for prescribing controlled and restricted drugs to a patient who died from an overdose A general practitioner from North Lakes, Queensland has been …
‘Welcome relief’
Adrenaline autoinjectors approved by the TGA, including a new 500mcg one, provide more choice to patients who have been impacted by supply shortages and manufacturing delays Anapen 300®, Anapen 500® …
Pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine delayed
‘We’re ready to go’: Pharmacy Guild signals one-month delay for COVID-19 vaccine rollout in community pharmacies as government misses March target The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in community pharmacies has been …
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 …