Clinical
‘Some love it so much they don’t want to come back’
Matt Bianco has always been based in Melbourne – but when an opportunity came up to experience life in regional Victoria, he put his hand up “People out here are …
Manual entry a factor in e-script incidents
Electronic prescribing errors linked to practitioners entering patients’ mobile numbers incorrectly, the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) reports Close to 3000 enquiries have been made to the ADHA relating to …
TGA green lights cefaclor substitution
An unexpected increase in demand for oral liquid preparations of cefaclor have prompted the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to issue a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) for the medication Pharmacists …
April MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products as well as changes to indications New products Belzutifan (Welireg) is an inhibitor of hypoxia‑inducible …
‘Total uncertainty’ reigns over aged care pharmacist funding
The “brain drain” from community pharmacy began long before the concept of embedding pharmacists in aged care, says one pharmacy aged care leader, who also criticised funding issues “With under …
Pharmacists a key ‘set of eyes’ in mental health
At least 1000 community pharmacists are expected to take part in a new mental health first aid initiative Chris Picton, Minister for Health and Wellbeing in South Australia, has announced …
Did the paracetamol MR upschedule change overdose rates?
Rescheduling modified release paracetamol to Pharmacist Only did not significantly reduce overdose, researchers write Rose Cairns, Firouzeh Noghrehchi and Nicholas Buckley have examined the impact of the June 2020 decision …
Education key for readers in paracetamol poisoning
We asked readers what measures they supported to help reduce paracetamol poisoning amongst the general public… and there was one standout response Earlier this year, the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced …
Charting reduces errors: study
Partnered pharmacist charting ‘significantly reduces’ errors, Australian study finds, revealing impact of collaborative prescribing An Australian study looking at the clinical impact and benefits of partnered pharmacist medication charting (PPMC) …
Error rates plummet when pharmacists involved: study
Hospital pharmacists evaluate 10 years of partnered charting, showing how pharmacists can help prevent harm Victorian pharmacy researchers have successfully expanded their Australia-first collaborative medication charting model The researchers have …
Hydrocortisone supply to resume soon
The TGA says it is working with Alphapharm to address the shortage of all hydrocortisone tablet strengths The Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised that it is aware of the shortage …
More vaccines streamlined via pharmacy
Tasmanian pharmacists will now be able to administer more vaccines – and GPs are predictably outraged Hot on the heels of the announcement earlier this week that Tasmanian pharmacists would …