‘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.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....
Pharmacists’ role in U=U campaign: World AIDS Day
Pharmacists have an important role to play in spreading the message that Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) on World AIDS Day, 1 December, and beyond.
The...
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...
Push for pharmacists to do more in Queensland
A Queensland Government inquiry has recommended allowing pharmacists to provide some low-risk prescriptions, as well as lowering the minimum patient age requirement for pharmacist-administered...
PSA: embed pharmacists to reduce medicine harm in aged care
PSA has called for a national program that embeds pharmacists in all aged care facilities in its submission to the Royal Commission into Aged...
