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SHPA to raise engagement with My Health Record
Another pharmacy peak health body has committed to supporting My Health Record The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and the Australian Digital Health Agency have partnered to deliver a …
Methoblastin boxes to include new warning
The TGA has released a safety warning on inadvertent overdose of oral methotrexate in the wake of inquest into man’s death from methotrexate toxicity Two weeks ago, Coroner Rosemary Carlin …
‘Before I’m a retailer, I’m a health professional.’
These NSW community pharmacists have drawn a line in the sand when it comes to the kinds of products they sell Pharmacists Luke McGrath and John Jones are taking a …
Caring for winter lips
How to help customers who are looking for relief and protection for dry lips this winter Winter isn’t much fun for our skin and our lips aren’t immune from the …
The week in review
A lot has happened in pharmacy this week, especially in Canberra Pharmacy stakeholders welcomed the introduction of new legislation by Health Minister Greg Hunt which is set to see mandatory …
Avoid One Night Lover
Regulator issues warnings about a number of untested imported drugs The TGA has issued a warning on three products that it has found to contain sildenafil as an undisclosed substance. …
Censured for faking codeine scripts
A New Zealand pharmacist has been censured after she created false codeine prescriptions and had them filled The New Zealand Health Practitioners’ Discliplinary Tribunal heard a charge of professional misconduct …
Online health, beauty shopping up 34.4%
Health and beauty is one of the strongest online growth industries – and even late adopters of technology are embracing it Roy Morgan Research has taken a look at online …
Amazon enters pharmacy market
Pharmacies need to start protecting themselves from Amazon now, as its entry into Australia is “almost inevitable,” says one expert If the online giant was able to enter the Australian …
‘Do not employ.’
A pharmacist who brought a High Court defamation claim against his former employer had argued his privacy case before a human rights tribunal The pharmacist in question was employed by …
Protecting the cold chain
The cost of replacing impaired medicines due to power outage averages $13,168 per pharmacy, while loss of vaccines alone amounts to $16 million per year in Australia Power outages are …
Mandatory reporting of shortages looms
The Pharmacy Guild and Medicines Australia have both welcomed the introduction of legislation for mandatory reporting of medicine shortages Health Minister Greg Hunt has introduced the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2018 …