Medicine safety – a new national priority
A watershed moment for patients, pharmacists and medicine safety was reached last week when federal, state and territory health ministers declared Medicine Safety and...
Nasal swab offers hope for reducing vancomycin use
A study has found a pharmacy-driven protocol using nasal swabs to assess methicillin‑resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in pneumonia cases holds promise for reducing unnecessary...
Broadening pharmacists’ role to improve health
In 2023 pharmacists will be the custodians of medicine safety, embedded wherever medicines are used, and more responsible and accountable for the safe and...
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...
Lead-up to medicine error
Mr Sotirios Temopoulos had a medical history that included multiple myeloma with a myelomataus lesion in his cervical spine, in which he was prescribed...
Advancing care for midlife women
Bo Youn Kim is transforming women’s lives through a holistic approach to perimenopause at her clinic, EmpowHer Menopause.
