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dose errors


Human error was behind an incorrect dose that played role in a man’s death—but an ED pharmacist and e-prescribing system could have picked it up, coroner finds An “inappropriate and …

Over 200 calls in two years with a small number referred to hospital and low levels of intentional misuse Poisons information centres in Victoria and NSW have received over 200 …

There is a “clear need” for pharmacists to be involved in the chemotherapy protocol alteration and promulgation system in South Australia, a deputy coroner says The inquest into the deaths …

Which medication administration errors are most commonly implicated in deaths? A new large study investigates A retrospective study has looked at medication administration errors reported in acute care, analysing which …

Professor Lyndal Trevena and a team of researchers from Sydney have taken out the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18 The team won with a smart syringe system that will potentially …