‘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.
How will post-lockdown restrictions impact pharmacists?
After more than 100 days in lockdown, New South Wales pharmacists reflect on the challenges of the past few months and what lies ahead.
Acute care opioid prescribing overhauled
A new standard of care will help to prevent long-term reliance on opioid analgesics used for acute pain.
Neuropathic pain medicines can increase the risk of falls
These oft-used medicines have become the analgesia of choice for many prescribers. But care should be taken before prescribing gabapentinoids to certain patients.
Gabapentinoid medicines...
So you want to be a pharmacist prescriber?
This state just made pharmacist prescribing permanent, with others to follow. Here's what pharmacists need to know to embrace this new role.
Prescription rule changes to support telehealth
Australia’s Chief Health Officer has approved an amendment to PBS prescription requirements for telehealth consultations as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 response.
Date of birth now required on all NSW scripts
From 1 November 2022, the date of birth of every patient must be included on all prescriptions for Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 medicines.
