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High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
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Bushfire update and emergency dispensing provisions
Federal, state and territory governments have worked quickly in the past week to introduce legislation that enables those affected by the bushfire crisis to...
High-dose antipsychotic therapy: does it have a role?
A high proportion of people prescribed antipsychotic polypharmacy are also taking high-dose antipsychotic therapy.
Podcast: allergic rhinitis and children
Despite being the most prevalent allergic disorder in Australia and New Zealand, allergic rhinitis is often underdiagnosed and undertreated.
Tasmania reduces age of pharmacist vaccination
As part of Tasmania’s Winter Demand Plan for 2019, the Tasmanian Government is expanding pharmacist-led flu vaccinations to include children ten-years-old and over –...
Rural and remote pharmacists need more support
In many rural and remote communities, the pharmacy is often the first stop for any health care question – whether medicine-related or not.
The role of pharmacists in new euthanasia laws
On 29 November 2017, the Victorian Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017.
This is the first time an Australian state government has legislated...
