Top five tips for avoiding errors
PDL has issued advice to members about five key ways to avoid making dispensing errors Compare the millilitres vs milligrams dose Mixtures expressed in mg/ml are frequently implicated in dispensing …
Up, up and away
Australian pharmacists have the knowledge to deliver travel health advice, research shows, justifying calls for pharmacy supply of vaccines and other health medicines A study, conducted by researchers from …
Pharmacists warned over fake scripts
When faced with a recent deluge of fraudulent scripts for fentanyl and OxyContin, the majority of pharmacists did not comply with legislative and professionals responsibilities, says DHHS The Victorian Pharmacy …
‘No paper, no repeats and no staples lying around.’
The first pharmacist in Australia to dispense an e-script shares his learnings from transitioning his pharmacy to the new electronic model Pharmacist Jason Bratuskins dispensed Australia’s first paperless electronic prescription …
Early career pharmacist elected president
Newcastle-based community pharmacist Chelsea Felkai has been elected as NSW Branch President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Ms Felkai, an early career pharmacist, locums in community pharmacy and is …
NT pharmacists to vaccinate kids
Northern Territory pharmacists will now be able to provide flu vaccinations to children aged 10 and up, in a move welcomed by the Guild The Pharmacy Guild of Australia NT …
March saw pre-Christmas script volume ‘three times over’
The COVID-19 crisis has sped up the e-scripts revolution in Australia and while pharmacists should be ready for the impending changes, “there’s no need to panic,” says expert E-prescriptions are …
World news wrapup: 4 June 2020
Pharmacists looted in US violence; Glasgow tea trolley helps in social distancing; NZ pharmacists call for mental health role United States: Fox News has reported on the “nightmare for a …
Making a few changes
You may have noticed a few modifications to your AJP Daily newsletter this week…. We’ve made some tweaks to the AJP Daily newsletter this week. To make it easier for …
1969: pharmacists vs bricklayers
Pharmacy’s problems escaped the “average housewife and the ‘man in the street'” back in 1969, although the public doubted “they would earn as much as a bricklayer” A four city …
TWC scores top points during busy March
While pharmacies across Australia have been pulling out all stops during the COVID-19 pandemic, one particular chain shines in customer satisfaction TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) is the Pharmacy of the Month …
Man coughs on staff, threatens to burn down pharmacy
A man has been charged after he demanded a weekend’s supply of methadone from a pharmacy and then spat and coughed at a staff member Glasgow Police have issued a …