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]
Gila monster saliva for Parkinson’s disease
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The nationwide disruption affecting critical health systems
Optus is still trying to resolve a nationwide outage that’s left millions of Australians without mobile phone and internet services.
Maintaining medicine integrity in high temperatures
As temperatures soar, ensuring proper storage of medicines is more critical than ever. Here’s how heat impacts medicine safety and how pharmacists and patients can safeguard their efficacy.
On the ground with poisons information specialists
How pharmacists are trained to deal with life-threatening calls – from medicine misadventure to ingestion of pesticides.
What pharmacists need to know about nicotine vaping products
Strict legal requirements to dispense nicotine vaping products for smoking cessation are now in use. Here’s what you need to know.
Patients share messages of support for Thank Your Pharmacist Day
This Thursday (17 March), PSA is encouraging political leaders and the wider community to celebrate the efforts of pharmacists during the pandemic – and beyond – with Thank Your Pharmacist Day.
