‘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 …
Clinical tips: substance abuse disorder
Substance abuse disorder isn’t just about opioids or illicit drugs, writes Karalyn Huxhagen When we think of substances that are abused we mainly consider illicit drugs and medications such as …
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 …
Assessing interns
A new blueprint is set to become the framework used to determine future options for assessing pharmacy interns The blueprint is the result of the Intern Year Blueprint project, which …
Rural, Aboriginal scholarship recipients named
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the recipients of the Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme 2018 Thirty-seven students from across the country have been awarded the scholarship, the Guild has …
E-medication management not a ‘panacea’: study
Organisations must remain vigilant to the risk of new errors following the roll-out of eMM systems, say Melbourne medication safety pharmacists While electronic medication management systems (eMMS) have been demonstrated …
World news wrapup: 28 June 2018
A third Chemist Warehouse for New Zealand; Welsh-speaking pharmacy program for Gywnedd; UK considering online pharmacy crackdown Auckland: Chemist Warehouse is continuing it rollout across the Tasman with a third …
Getting a blue card
Should pharmacists routinely hand out adverse event reporting cards? A petition calling for this is now before Parliament A petition presented to the House of Representatives this week calls for …
Parliament honours late pharmacist MP
Federal Parliamentarians have paid their respects to a pharmacist who was a minister in the Whitlam government Federal Parliament has this week paid respect to the honourable Joseph Max Berinson, …
Woman dumps poo at Chemist Warehouse
A woman abused staff at a Chemist Warehouse and dumped a bag of human faeces on the pharmacy’s counter The Courier-Mail and Daily Mail report that a woman has faced …
Thunderstorm asthma showed what pharmacy does
Stakeholders have urged pharmacists to talk to patients with asthma and allergy about thunderstorm asthma The calls have come during the inquest into the deaths of 10 people during the …