Rub shoulders with Kerri Barwick MPS (centre) and other members of team PSA at CPC24[/caption]
The use of insulin, considered a high-risk medication with APINCHs classification,5 Ms Barwick notes, provides justification for a Home Medicines Review (HMR). ‘There’s an advantage to going into the home to observe the patient’s diet, consider potential interactions, and educate patients on the best effects and outcomes,’ she says.
Advice around cleaning blood glucose level (BGL) monitors to ensure accuracy can also be provided. ‘Pharmacists can explain how to put test drops through and clean blood spills on the monitor, common in pregnancy due to higher blood volume,’ says Ms Barwick.
With only 50% of women diagnosed with GDM receiving tests for heart disease and type 2 diabetes post-pregnancy,6 HMRs can be beneficial at this stage of the journey, too.
‘Along with conversations around diet choices, exercise regimes and sleep, I also explain how often testing is required over the next 5–10 years, and how to monitor for signs of the development of diabetes,’ Ms Barwick advises.
Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
The presence of iron in pregnancy multivitamins may exacerbate symptoms of nausea and vomiting in some pregnancies, according to Ms Barwick.
‘Pharmacists can recommend a trial cessation of the iron component of pregnancy vitamins, often unnecessary in pregnancy,’ she says.
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Suzanne Nielsen MPS[/caption]
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Information on Commonwealth, state and territory statutory declarations
JURISDICTION
DEPARTMENT
FORM
Commonwealth
Attorney-General’s Department
www.ag.gov.au/legal-system/
statutory-declarations
www.ag.gov.au/node/2838
New South Wales
Department of Communities and Justice
www.jp.nsw.gov.au/Documents/
witnessing-legal-documents-
remotely-jp-factsheet.pdf
www.jp.nsw.gov.au/Pages/
justices-of-the-peace/nsw-
statutory-declaration.aspx
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Government
www.nt.gov.au/law/processes/
statutory-declarations
www.nt.gov.au/__data/
assets/word_doc/0011/
167933/statutory-declaration.docx
Queensland
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives
/documents-during-covid/
statutory-declarations
South Australia
Attorney-General’s Department
www.agd.sa.gov.au/jp-covid-updates
www.agd.sa.gov.au/sites/
default/files/0007_jphandbook_v6_web.pdf (pp. 19–21 and 61–64)
www.agd.sa.gov.au/sites/
default/files/south_australian
_statutory_declaration_form.pdf
Tasmania
Department of Justice
www.justice.tas.gov.au/forms
/statutory_declarations
www.justice.tas.gov.au/
forms/statutory_declarations
Victoria
Department of...
Trust in pharmacists taken to new heights this World Pharmacists Day
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