‘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.Margaret Sneddon Bickle AO FPS is a role model for women...
Margaret Sneddon Bickle AO FPS has been a role model for women in pharmacy since she joined PSA 70 years ago. Now 90, she remains a registered, non-practising pharmacist, because ‘it’s still important’.
Sexual Health Conversations
Sexual health is critical to overall wellbeing, however health professionals report challenges when discussing sexual health with patients.
Getting back on track to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, pharmacists can bolster testing and treatment to prevent unnecessary infections, complications and deaths.
Future medicines
A megatrend has begun in medicines. The increasingly large and full fridges found in pharmacies stand as a testament to the growing prevalence of injectable medicines – and are a sign of things to come.
Pregabalin misuse skyrockets
Pregabalin-related ambulance attendances have increased 10-fold since 2012, a Victorian study has shown.
Published in the Medical Journal of Australia, the retrospective study on the...
Coping with COVID-19: the Royal Melbourne Hospital experience
COVID-19 has fostered an even closer relationship between the pharmacy and wards of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
