In Depth
Clinical tips: COVID booster injections
The phrase ‘stand and deliver’ applies perfectly to Australian pharmacists right now, writes Karalyn Huxhagen As we move into 2022 the landscape for Coronavirus has changed again, with emphasis now …
Two strikes and you’re out
When COVID is a numbers game… stuck in isolation, Angelo Pricolo looks at why it’s hard to keep up Notwithstanding the famous baseball saying, it takes only two solid bars …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Targeted Approach to Improve Asthma Control Using Community Pharmacists This cluster RCT was conducted across 95 Australian pharmacies over a 12 …
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators?
Your questions answered on masking up, write Leyla Asadi, University of Alberta; C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Lisa M Brosseau, University of Minnesota, and Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford With the …
Clinical tips: Hyperthermia and heatstroke
Louis Roller looks at hyperthermia, from the medication-induced to helping older people in summer Hyperthermia is an umbrella term comprising several heat-related illnesses that are caused by disruption to homeostasis. Hyperthermia …
Becoming a hub
In the sixth of our series profiling the 2022 Pharmacy of the year finalists, we meet the team from Amcal Life Clinic Donnybrook Pharmacy, WA Any issues with availability and …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Medication-related hospital admissions in aged care residents In a retrospective analysis of DVA claims, nearly half of hospital admissions were preceded …
Reducing the barriers
For the fifth of our series profiling the 2022 Pharmacy of the Year finalists, we meet the team from Blooms The Chemist Orange, NSW A passion for the care of …
Putting patients first
In the third of our series profiling the 2022 Pharmacy of the Year finalists, we meet the team from Wizard Pharmacy Kalgoorlie Central, WA Putting the patients front and centre …
Opening new doors for pharmacy
In the second of our series profiling this year’s Pharmacy of the Year finalists we meet the team from Terry White Chemmart Rosny Park, Tas The need to provide National …
Automation is crucial to survival
We begin our series profiling this year’s Pharmacy of the Year finalists by meeting the team from Karen Carter Chemist in Gunnedah, NSW The key to pharmacy’s growing and remaining …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news The value of domiciliary medication reviews Medication reviews are recognised as essential to tackling problematic polypharmacy. A thematic analysis of patient …