antibiotic
TGA green lights cefaclor substitution
An unexpected increase in demand for oral liquid preparations of cefaclor have prompted the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to issue a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) for the medication Pharmacists …
Updating the label
Pharmacists will be attaching new labels, with updated advice, to antibiotic packaging from early next year An article in the latest edition of Australian Prescriber is reminding pharmacists of changes …
Dosing on the agenda
Decision on PPI double dosing deferred by PBAC, but support given to antibiotic listing changes The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has deferred a decision on whether to allow twice …
Fighting antibiotic allergy
Hospital pharmacists need to be included into collaborative programs to tackle antibiotic allergies, say Australian researchers. Academics from a range of institutions questioned 277 allergists, clinical immunologists and hospital pharmacists …