‘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.ACT pharmacies become vital mask suppliers as air quality falls
P2 masks have been made available to vulnerable people for free from every ACT community pharmacy as part of a unified effort to confront...
Amitriptyline for irritable bowel syndrome
Ordinarily used to treat other conditions, this trycylic antidepressant performed well in a recent trial on people with IBS.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is estimated...
Intracavernosal injection therapy for erectile dysfunction
When first-line therapies don't work, intracavernosal injections can be a welcome option for patients with erectile dysfunction.
New ways of providing services
Two proactive pharmacists are providing pain management and virtual dental services to a wider reach than previously possible via videoconferencing.
Pharmacist Nicolette Ellis MPS is...
PM urges Australians to remain vigilant on social distancing
Measures implemented in Australia are flattening the COVID-19 curve to a point where the health system can meet expected demand, early data suggests.
Case studies show how pharmacists support medicine safety around the world
Pharmacists can promote patient safety at an individual level and also organisational and policy development levels, as case studies in an International Pharmaceutical Federation document released last month show.
