‘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.
Medicine misadventure is common, reveals PSA
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has released a new report, Medicine Safety: Take Care, which highlights the extent of the unsafe use of...
Ready-to-use tool for oncology
Pharmacists have a new oncology-focused tool for the evaluation and assessment of adverse drug events in oncology.
French researchers have developed a trigger tool to...
The 4-decade remote rural pharmacist
This Rhonda White MPS opened her pharmacy in the opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales in 1983, and never wants to leave.
Pain pointers: How to prepare your pharmacy for codeine change
Preparing now for the up‑scheduling of codeine‑containing medicines to prescription-only will mean pharmacists are in a better position to inform and educate their customers....
Vaccinations: pointing the needle in expanded settings
Pharmacists should be able to administer vaccinations in any health setting.
Appropriately trained and qualified pharmacists across all Australian states and territories can administer...
Harnessing different abilities
Some might assume employing someone with a declared disability would only bring complications. But some community pharmacies around Australia are leading the way in...
