‘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.
A preventable tragedy that changed drug approval forever
Thalidomide’s period of use may have been short but its ramifications have lasted decades, both for people who suffer deformities from its effects and...
Night moves
Dimitra Tsucalas FPS, co-owner of Ascot Vale Supercare Pharmacy, has seen it all. From late-night triage, shift workers, opioid seekers and everything in between,...
Real-time prescription monitoring comes to South Australia
South Australia is the latest state to introduce RTPM in a nation-wide effort to curb addiction, overdose and death.
The extent of drug-related problems in HMRs
Research highlights the vital role HMRs play in averting medicine misadventure.
In 2016, members of the PSA Accredited Pharmacist Leadership Group (APLG) undertook an...
The use of metformin to treat prostate cancer
In Australia, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in males, with its prevalence increasing with age, but metformin may have a...
Vale Prof Gabrielle Cooper OAM (1962 to 2025)
PSA is saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Gabrielle Cooper OAM, who died on 23 April after a short illness.
