‘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.Report highlights need for improved medicine management
A new report investigating polypharmacy among older Australians emphasises the need for greater pharmacist involvement in medicine management.
The report, led by the University of Western...
Don’t discount ketoacidosis in euglycaemia
Adapted by Ann Winkle MPS.
Regulatory bodies are warning of the potential for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) as a serious complication of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2)...
Victorian pharmacist wins award for work with young and old
Consultant pharmacist Robyn Saunders has spent much of her career committed to improving the standard of aged care but that doesn't mean the young...
ECPs – leaders of future pharmacy
Early Career Pharmacists (ECPs) are emerging as a force for change as the profession moves to the safe and quality use of medicines, practising...
On the world stage
Scoping out global pharmacy practices: What Australia can learn from our international peers.
Pharmacists keep up vital medicine supplies during catastrophic fires
Tales of heroism and sacrifice by pharmacists have poured out of fire-affected areas in the catastrophic fires and smoke hazes that have ravaged multiple...
