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High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
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From the President: Include pharmacists on the Medicare Benefits Schedule
A key tenet of PSA’s strategic intent is ensuring pharmacists are rewarded and recognised to reflect our high levels of training, our expertise and...
Navigating big career changes with PSA’s NSW Intern of the Year
Bridgette Mackley discusses something every pharmacist has experienced – the exciting, slightly terrifying transition from pharmacy student to intern and from intern to registered pharmacist.
Shameful: an under-served cohort
It is everyone’s responsibility to protect people with disability from medicine harm. We must all do more.
Disabilities, which can be impairments, activity limitations and...
Are pop-ups doing more harm than good?
Are decision-support tools the problem or the cure for patient safety? Australian Pharmacist investigates.
Seltzer is shorthand for carbonated water
In 1772 Joseph Priestley used vitriol, chalk, and water to create ‘an exceedingly pleasant sparkling water, resembling seltzer water’.
Repackaged medicines: are patients storing them correctly?
Patients often find creative ways to remember to take their medicines. These might include alarms and reminder apps or placing medicines in visible locations...
