‘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.
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.
Shouldering the load
Pharmacists encounter pregnant and new mums more often than most health professionals, and can have a bird’s-eye view when things go awry.
Pharmacists receive Australia Day honours
Nine pharmacists received honours on Australia Day, with PSA President Dr Chris Freeman saying that they, ‘set an inspiring example for our profession’.
The policymaker
Karen Castle MPS, PSA’s newest policy pharmacist, writes healthcare legislation and knows plenty about voluntary assisted dying requirements.
All pharmacists should consider off-site vaccinations in aged care
Vaccination rates in older Australians are alarmingly low. Off-site services provided by pharmacists are key to closing the gap in aged care.
The embryology of psychosis
The offspring of mothers exposed to extreme stress, undernutrition or infectious diseases during pregnancy are at heightened risk of psychosis, studies suggest.
