‘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.Recognising the medicines experts on World Pharmacists Day
PSA is hosting a range of events across Australia on Tuesday 25 September, inviting consumers to talk with their pharmacist about medication management, vaccinations,...
Medicines safety in breastfeeding
Pharmacists play an important role in advising parents and carers of breast-fed infants about their safe use of medicines.
The benefits of breastfeeding are...
Sarsaparilla: show but limited go
It comes in teas, tablets, tinctures, and capsules, and may only look good.
In colonial Australia sarsaparilla was a hit. Like their American counterparts the...
PSA names new CEO
The PSA board has appointed health care advocate and health policy expert Mark Kinsela as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Kinsela was appointed after...
PSA budget submission aims to improve health of nation
A proposal to support residential aged care facilities to directly engage pharmacists is among the strategic measures put forward by PSA in its 2021–22 Federal Budget Submission.
Coronavirus: Australia ‘alert but not alarmed’
‘Precautionary and active surveillance’ is required to manage the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy...
