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Missing medicines
Almost 20% of medications are unaccounted for in Australian hospital electronic administration records A new study has revealed alarming quantities of medications supplied to hospital wards and EDs are not …
Looking to the future
SHPA report recommends boosting collaborative prescribing and specialised roles, and strategies to combat the negative image of community pharmacy on careers The Society of Hospital Pharmacy’s new report – Pharmacy …
Stolen Endone leads to reprimand
Practitioner found guilty of profession misconduct for stealing restricted drugs and making fraudulent entries in medicine registers An enrolled nurse working in the emergency department of a Queensland hospital has …
20mg instead of 2mg of hydromorphone
A coroner has criticised the “shocking lack of attention” that led to a man receiving 10 times the prescribed amount of hydromorphone Medication errors have been highlighted in recent coroner’s …
Looking back and looking forward
While 2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges, pharmacy has a lot to be proud of, and much to build on in 2021, says Kristen Michaels In the next …
Providing the right medicine: hospital pharmacy in the 21st century
In the second of a two-part series, Ron Batagol looks at the changes in hospital pharmacy practice since the 1970s In the first of these articles, I provided a short …
A prescription for success: the history of hospital pharmacy
In the first of a two-part series, Ron Batagol summarises the development and evolution of hospital pharmacy in Australia from the early years, through to the beginnings of clinical/ward pharmacy …
Coping through a difficult year
Associate Professor Sue Kirsa outlines the work the Australian Pharmacy Council has done to help the profession navigate the challenges of 2020 So much has changed in the world and …
Pandemic position
What roles can a specialised COVID pharmacist play? One Australian hospital found out The deployment of a specialised COVID pharmacist position has “proven a key and responsive member of the …
‘Serious departure of professional standards.’
A health practitioner has been reprimanded and fired from her job after slapping an ICU patient in the face A Queensland doctor with 35 years’ experience under her belt has …
Show me the money
PBS a huge area of savings compared to other government-administered services including medical and hospital costs Costs of essential goods and services are climbing at twice the rate of inflation, …
Dilemma delayed
Under fire hospital pharmacy budget measure postponed for three months Plans to align PBS wholesale mark-up arrangements between hospital and community pharmacy have been pushed back for three months. The …