Keeping older people safe
Medicines use is expected to increase in our ageing population, putting more people at risk of harm—particularly those living in aged care. How can pharmacists best help? Medication issues and …
Drug safes too full to close
Discrepancies between the drug register and S8s, inadequate cold chain management, and compounding scales which had been left unserviced were all problems unearthed at one Victorian pharmacy The Victorian Pharmacy …
Pandemic exacerbated risk of medication errors: WHO
World Patient Safety Day 2022 this weekend focuses on the theme of medication safety, with pharmacists playing a clear role in helping to manage polypharmacy and transitions of care The …
Seven ways to reduce paracetamol self-poisoning
If implemented, recommendations from the TGA’s review of paracetamol overdose could mean more oversight and advice from pharmacy, says a leading pharmacist The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced the publication …
What you said
Ways to address the workforce shortage, violence at a WA Chemist Warehouse and the prospect of increased workloads via full scope all had pharmacists taking to their keyboards Here is …
Reprimand after thefts, forged script
A pharmacist’s job at Chemist Warehouse led to insomnia and anxiety – and he began to steal Stilnox from his workplace The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has published the …
Antidepressants top NPS prescriptions list
But swansong General Practice Insights Report shows lipid-modifiers close behind in total prescriptions overview Antidepressants made up the largest proportion of medicines – including prescriptions and repeats – prescribed by …
World news wrapup: 15 September 2022
US Mother-daughter pharmacy team charged with paying kickbacks; fake pharmacist caught selling controlled drugs; NZ pharmacies a “natural fit” for mask recycling Miami, Florida: Mother and daughter pharmacy owners have …
Profession split on COVID-19 antiviral provision
More than 1,100 readers voted on our poll, with most saying pharmacists should be able to supply COVID-19 antivirals—but with additional training or strict protocols Among the 1,107 readers who …
Complaints over refusal to supply S8s
Chemist Warehouse has been blasted online for refusing to supply S8 medicines to some people, while a leading pharmacist says refusal should be a “last resort” Hireup, Australia’s largest NDIS-registered …
Measles on the move
NSW Health has confirmed the first case of measles in NSW since February 2020 The case, a person in their 50s, acquired their infection while travelling in Asia last month, …
NPS demise makes pharmacists’ jobs more critical: leading pharmacist
Pharmacists will have to work harder to fill the gap left by NPS MedicineWise when it ceases to exist at the end of the year, stakeholders say The NPS MedicineWise …