Are antibiotics courses for common infections too long?

In the fight against antibiotic resistance, shorter courses of antibiotics are now recommended for patients with common infections, but how short is long enough? The...

Q&A: CPD planning

PSA has developed a CPD planning tool available free to members, that intuitively helps pharmacists through each of the required steps.

Supporting terminally ill patients

Having an easily-accessible palliative care pharmacist in every community would improve medicine management for terminally ill Australians, said Helen Stone MPS, PSA State and Territory Manager South Australia and Northern Territory.

Pharmacy in a busy hospital setting

Michael Bakker MPS is an ECP on the move. He’s a pharmacist team leader at SA Health’s Flinders Medical Centre, and volunteers with Parkinson’s SA.

How culturally safe is your pharmacy?

This National Reconciliation Week (27 May–3 June), PSA Senior Pharmacist Megan Tremlett encourages pharmacists to change their perspective on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to improve end-of-life care.

TGA seeks input on benzocaine advisory statements

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has requested comments from interested parties on the addition of a new advisory statement for labels of non-prescription medicines...