Dr Erica Stewart, Centenary Institute[/caption]
Chelsea Felkai, MPS[/caption]
Working with the nursing staff to understand when PRN (as required) chemical restraint might be used, and ensuring other options have been exhausted first, has shown the most reduction in how much psychotropic medications have been used so far. The numbers are relatively small, but to be honest, this is largely because the facility had great protocols to begin with.
Dr Natalie Soulsby FPS[/caption]
Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak[/caption]
Antibiotic prescribing is reaching dangerous levels, warns report
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The role of pharmacists in transgender therapy
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Missing conversations
Patients are being harmed because we are not talking about the adverse effects of mental health medicines.
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Changes to PBS antibiotic prescribing
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