Pharmacists can help improve medicine literacy

Helping consumers understand the language of medicines is the key message to emerge from this year’s Be Medicinewise Week. To improve this understanding, PSA encourages...

Pharmacists should prepare for a wild thunderstorm asthma season

A ‘perfect storm’ is in the works in Victoria, with dangerous weather conditions and the impacts of COVID-19 potentially combining to wreak havoc in the state.

Pharmacists displaced by border closures

With fresh COVID-19 outbreaks in several states, pharmacists and patients alike have found themselves unable to return home after the holiday break.

Closing the gap on Q fever vaccination access

A new pharmacist-led Q fever vaccination service is providing essential protection for farmers in Victoria.

Severe spring storms show the risks of SABA overuse

Australia’s east coast was belted with heavy storms last week. Spring and summer storms can trigger thunderstorm asthma – with bursts of pollen often...

Short-acting beta₂ agonists (salbutamol and terbutaline)

The PSA guidance document Guidance for provision of a Pharmacist Only medicine–Short-acting beta₂ agonists (salbutamol and terbutaline)2 assists in responding appropriately to a request...