The hospital pharmacist

Deirdre Criddle FPS is a complex care coordinator pharmacist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in WA, and also a senior pharmacist steering professional services...

Opinion: hospital pharmacists can support improved transitions into aged care

The latest medicine safety report from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Medicine Safety: Aged Care, shines a light on problems with the safety...

Countdown to the biggest pharmacy event of the year

With a new host and massive new venue, this year’s conference promises to be the biggest and best one yet.

Safety culture vital for reducing hospital dispensing errors

A new study highlights the importance of pharmacists collecting data and identifying why dispensing errors happen in order to significantly reduce how often they occur.

Experts recommend 10 ways to prevent medicine-related harm

A group of Australia’s leading medicine safety experts is calling for action to reduce avoidable deaths, hospitalisations and quality-of-life impacts caused by unsafe medicine use.

Crushing and dispersing medicines

Healthcare professionals do not often discuss swallowing difficulties, particularly a patient’s ability to swallow solid oral dosage forms. Learning objectives After reading this article, pharmacists...