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Eight keys for avoiding burnout
Health and wellbeing expert, Olly Bridge, has joined the APP2022 program as a speaker APP2022 Convenor Kos Sclavos has announced that Olly Bridge will speak at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference …
World news wrapup: 28 October 2021
Pharmacists reject “sub-inflation” pay offer; ivermectin patient asks pharmacist if he knows what “off-label” means in viral video; burned-out pharmacists in labour shortage UK: The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has rejected …
Supermarkets to sell RATs, while barriers remain for some in pharmacy
Rapid antigen testing for the general public will be available from next week – but hurdles and concerns remain The general public will be able to purchase rapid antigen tests …
Poll: Do you agree with mandatory vaccination of pharmacy staff?
All community pharmacies across Australia are legally mandated to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for their staff to be vaccinated, says Guild Employers in states or territories that currently don’t have …
Suspended over misconduct
A pharmacist proprietor suspended for more than two years for improper dispensing of multiple scripts is the second to be linked to two prescribers—who have also been disciplined A 45-year-old …
‘Everybody is entitled to a Pfizer shot for their third dose.’
Community pharmacies are set to start offering Pfizer booster shots – but remuneration remains a big issue Trent Twomey, national president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, has launched the …
‘There will be an audit of this.’
Guild warns of excess stock in the pharmacy network and urges pharmacists to return expiring doses to avoid future criticism The president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has urged …
Managing vaccine hesitancy
Ways pharmacists can allay people’s safety, efficacy and other concerns over vaccines are described in a new resource published by the International Pharmaceutical Federation “Supoptimal acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine …
Batch compounding warning
Compounding was carried out on an open bench used to store food and drinks in one pharmacy, while others diluted commercial eye drops to create a non-sterile final product Pharmacies …
Owner’s “grossly inadequate” oversight
An inexperienced pharmacist-in-charge was working 60-hour weeks and compounding Hepatitis C drugs to try and save patients money, a Tribunal has heard The owner and pharmacist in charge of a …
Paracetamol/codeine combos lead opioid initiation
Pharmacist to head up one of the most comprehensive post-marketing surveillance studies of prescription opioids in Australia A retrospective population-based cohort study will be looking at all adult NSW residents …
Pharmacist wins $36.8m in damages
Regularly having to forgo work breaks and overtime pay and being expected to fund her own vaccination training, this pharmacist filed a claim – and won California pharmacist Afrouz Nikmanesh …