COVID-19
When RAT-testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?
Should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social media sources suggest? asks Thea Van De Mortel of Griffith University We’re now …
Bulletproofing your pharmacy
With many pharmacies currently experiencing a pandemic income ‘high tide’, it’s vital to prepare before the next low tide arrives The bullet proof vest has a chequered history with an …
‘Swiss cheese-like failures’ in PPE experience
Less than half of Australia’s frontline health workers say they had formal training on using PPE… and reported widespread bullying over the issue Researchers from Monash University aimed to examine …
A deluge of change, and work
Where was the help for overworked pharmacy staff? Pharmacists missed out on support while dramatic changes impacted practice during the pandemic, survey finds Digitisation has been fast-tracked, as has electronic …
Who’s had COVID?
One in ten Australian pharmacists who have had COVID-19 have confirmed or suspected long COVID, our poll reveals Last month, the AJP asked readers whether they’d personally been infected with …
Effective assessment and management of cough in adults: an overview
There are numerous aetiologies for cough, so it is important for pharmacists to take a practical approach to assess each patient and provide guidance and appropriate strategies for effective management …
The week in review
A new Government and warnings of a terrible flu season… it’s been an interesting week Over the weekend, Australia ousted the Morrison Coalition Government and voted in Labor, led by …
Flu jab announcement came as a surprise
Pharmacists’ workload has increased with the further widening of vaccination in store – but no extra pay A spokesperson for the Queensland branch of the Pharmacy Guild has told the …
Supporting the consumer
New fact sheets to support prescription of COVID-19 antivirals to an important patient group have been released NPS MedicineWise has released new consumer information on three COVID-19 antiviral medicines. Its …
COVID jabs expanded
Eligibility for a winter COVID-19 booster is being expanded in a move welcomed by pharmacy, as the Guild talks free flu jabs beyond Queensland Acting Health Minister Katy Gallagher has …
Covid testing kits drove multi-millions in pharmacy demand
Growth has shifted from grocery stores back to pharmacies after lockdowns, but complacency, oversupply and new behaviours are driving decreased sales in some categories, says expert Pharmacy sales are “off …
Overworked, understaffed and burning out: hospital pharmacy in 2022
Hospital pharmacists are facing mass burnout, with some forced to be responsible for up to 80 patient beds The COVID-19 pandemic has been the “final straw” for some hospital pharmacists, …