Responding to a measles exposure in your pharmacy
With measles cases climbing across Australia and pharmacies increasingly listed as exposure sites, community pharmacists must be prepared.
Brisbane pharmacists advised to wear face masks, eye protection
Queensland’s Chief Medical Officer has advised pharmacists in metropolitan Brisbane and the Ipswich region to wear face masks, following a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Dr Rosie Nash is on a mission to improve health literacy
Health literacy is key to every conversation pharmacists have with their patients, says Dr Rosie Nash MPS, a pharmacist who is channelling her 18 years of experience into community education.
Essential pharmacy resource APF24 launched
The Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook 24th edition (APF24) and the new digital APF were launched by PSA last week.
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Queensland leads the way for COVID-19 vaccination in pharmacies
As the virus creeps up the New South Wales coast, pharmacists have been approved en masse to vaccinate the nation.
Glauber’s salt: the laxative of choice until the 1900s
Until ‘more sophisticated alternatives’ came about in the 1900s, Glauber’s salt was the global go-to purgative.
