Wholesaler focused on growing pharmacy franchises
Sigma Healthcare is aiming to expand its pharmacy franchise networks and deliver improved results for its members, chief executive tells supplier forum Pharmaceutical wholesaler, Sigma Healthcare, has outlined plans to …
Ready to go?
New survey results reveal if Australian pharmacists are prepared to work on-site in residential aged care facilities The results of a recent survey have shown that Australian pharmacists are interested …
CAPS claims InstantScripts win
Advocacy group reports Wesfarmers-owned telehealth provider will default to providing 30-day prescriptions Representatives of the Community and Pharmacy Support Group (CAPS) are claiming that pressure from pharmacists has resulted in …
Simple analgesics for self-limiting pain, fever and discomfort in infants and toddlers
This podcast consists of two episodes. Episode 1 discusses the use of simple analgesics for self-limiting pain. Episode 2 discusses the management of fever and discomfort in infants and toddlers …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest research news Efficacy of Ferric carboxymaltose in heart failure with iron deficiency Analysis of data from 3 trials with a total of …
Wesfarmers to face wrath of CAPS
API customers and Priceline Pharmacy franchisees are being urged to raise InstantScripts concerns with Wesfarmers Pharmacists are being urged to contact API and Priceline Pharmacy business development managers (BDMs) today …
Chronic spontaneous urticaria
This podcast discusses the types, symptoms and signs of urticarial skin reactions and their management, including with antihistamines. International and Australian guidelines are used as the basis for discussing the …
Warning over DAAs and registration status
Pharmacy Board issues warning to be vigilant when handing over dose administration aids, and advises employers not to rely on provided registration copies Case study lessons: dose administration aids and …
Coffee culture
A pharmacist offers his prescription for the best possible coffee culture Many years ago, coffee in Australia was as foreign as the people who drank it. Tea ruled supreme. Now …
Week in review
Pharmacists’ scope of practice and the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (FIP) World Congress topped the agenda over the last seven days Phase two of the NSW pharmacy trial was launched on …
Are doctors making a case for pharmacy UTI services?
Readers react to leading doctor’s call to ditch pharmacist-initiated UTI services, following spike in emergency department (ED) presentations by patients seeking care Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) president, Dr Maria …
Is there something fishy about fish oil?
Are fish oil supplements as healthy as we think? And is eating fish better? In this article from The Conversation, Evangeline Mantzioris, program director of Nutrition and Food Sciences and Accredited …