References: Therapeutic Guidelines
Genevieve Adamo MPS (Image: Steve Christo Photography)[/caption]
Taking care: the different areas of medicine safety
In its landmark Medicine Safety: Take Care report, PSA identified the frightening cost of medicine misadventure in Australia. With medicines safety a central theme...
Greater pharmacist role in Aboriginal health trialled
Pharmacist-led health interventions in Aboriginal communities came under the spotlight at PSA18 in Sydney yesterday, as delegates got early insight into some of the...
How can community pharmacists make a difference in mental health?
Early detection
Community pharmacists can play a role in detecting warning signs for people experiencing a mental health problem. This can often be done through...
A simple way to improve pharmacist-patient interactions
Checking technicians would allow pharmacists to spend more time on patient-focused activities in both community and hospital pharmacy settings, New Zealand research has found.
Based...
Managing children’s pain and fever with ibuprofen
Identifying and managing pain in children is a vital role for pharmacists.
Commonly encountered paediatric pain can be categorised as pain associated with infection...
Australian asthma deaths fall, mostly in women: ABS
The National Asthma Council has highlighted the vital role community pharmacists can play in identifying at-risk patients, following a drop in overall asthma deaths...
