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Western NSW pharmacies in after-hours pilot
After-hours help for customers is the focus of a new partnership between the Pharmacy Guild and the Western NSW Primary Health Network. The two are piloting a program for upskilling …
Forum: Which form of magnesium? How much?
“Magnesium supplementation seems to be mostly in the form of magnesium aspartate. This can be quite expensive if the dose is 4-6tablets per day. Is there a difference in efficacy …
A compelling vision
Crafting a compelling service vision statement … avoiding the fluff and bland motherhood statements A progressive, medium sized, neighbourhood shopping centre, branded pharmacy recently shunned its brand’s mission statement as …
Blackmores launches new online tool
The free peer-reviewed guide can be used “on the pharmacy floor” to check interactions between complementary and prescriptions medicines Blackmore’s Complementary Medicine Interactions Guide will provide pharmacists with current, evidence-based …
Pharmacists willing to go west: poll
While it isn’t everybody’s first choice, a significant number of Australian pharmacists would consider leaving the city behind in a bid to further their career, a recent AJP.com.au poll suggests. …
Morphine overdose ‘enough to kill a whole paddock of horses’
Daughter of a woman who died from hospital overdose says the doctor ignored a pharmacist who queried the dose A Tasmanian coroner has highlighted significant shortcomings of a hospital pharmacy …
S8 handling criticised again
Handling of S8 medicines has again been highlighted by the Victorian Pharmacy Authority in its latest circular “Poor record keeping of transactions of Schedule 8 poisons identified during inspections has …
The week in review
We take a look back at the week that was in pharmacy This was a significant week for medicines labelling, as the TGA announced it will be implementing two new …
Woman accidentally locked inside airport pharmacy almost misses flight
She was trapped inside the Boots store for nearly an hour and almost missed her flight to Greece The incident occurred last Saturday at around 9.30pm when the store closed …
Tackling the ‘prescribing cascade’ in seniors
Older Australians may not be aware that they are on a ‘prescribing cascade’, where they take one medicine and have an adverse reaction, so are put on another medicine, says …
AJP now on Saturday
We wish to introduce the AJP Daily Saturday matinee edition Such has been the response to our AJP Daily newsletter since its launch on 1 March, that we are now …
Lifetime asthmatic consumer never offered advice on inhaler technique
“I have never been offered anything more than a transaction experience let alone advice about correct inhaler technique or help with an asthma action plan…” The sentence above is part …