storage
No room in the safe for pharmacotherapy poisons
Methadone stored in open disposable cups, a “gross failure” to comply with S8 recording and a refit that helped lead to a reprimand were all highlighted at recent panel hearings …
GP cold chain audit results revealed
An audit of GP practices in NSW has found that 33 out of the 44 potentially high-risk clinics examined did not meet vaccine storage standards “NSW Health undertook an audit …
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 …
Many don’t understand probiotic storage
Almost one in three Australians see themselves as health conscious, a new survey has found, spending an average of 15 hours a week on nutrition and exercise efforts. The report, …
Beware the Schedule 8 minefield
The importance of correctly storing and recording transactions of Schedule 8 medicines has been reinforced by three recent pharmacy disciplinary hearings. Schedule 8 medicines were the common factor in each …