What can be done about paediatric medicine-related harm?
Too many Australian children are being harmed by medicine misadventure. Here’s what pharmacists must do now.
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.
Real-time update
Real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) is gaining momentum and now operates across large swathes of Australia. What does it mean for pharmacists?
Q&A: Use of antibiotics in COPD
Early initiation of an antibiotic for a COPD flare-up can prevent further damage to the airways, prevent hospitalisation, reduce the risk of further exacerbations, and allow people to regain symptom control.
Home medicines services to support vulnerable during COVID-19 outbreak
The federal government is fast-tracking the rollout of electronic prescribing across the country to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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...
