‘We’re increasingly seeing incidents where alert fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor. It’s not that there wasn’t an alert in place, but that it was lost among the other alerts the clinician saw,’ Prof Baysari says.
Antibiotic prescribing is reaching dangerous levels, warns report
Antibiotic use has crept back up since COVID-19 restrictions have lifted, with multi-resistant bugs increasingly in our midst.
Pharmacy and rural hospital integration
A small rural hospital in southern Queensland has introduced a new model of pharmacy practice. Hopefully, it will lead to reduced medicine-related hospital admissions....
Pharmacists recognised for excellence
The PSA recognised outstanding pharmacists at its 2024 South Australia and Northern Territory Excellence Awards in Adelaide over the weekend.
Workplace-based assessment for intern pharmacists
Workplace-based education provides the opportunity for interns to put theory into practice while under the guidance of an experienced pharmacist.
Chronic pain – the role of pharmacists
Pharmacists play a vital role supporting patients with chronic pain.
Around 1 in 5 Australians experience chronic pain; this rises to 1 in 3...
Report any CAM adverse effects, warns Dr Geraldine Moses
Doctor of clinical pharmacy, consultant pharmacist and pharmacovigilance expert Geraldine Moses discusses the scary adverse effects of CAM.
