Offshore refresher: live and learn
PSA’s Offshore Refresher Conference this year took members to Europe. ECP Sinead Stone MPS went along, courtesy of a grant from Bayer.
It was...
Aged care in focus
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has heard clear calls for pharmacists, as a priority, to spend more time on the...
Q&A: ‘I’m going overseas tomorrow . . . can you witness...
While pharmacists are now (very) familiar with rapid antigen tests (RATs) for COVID-19 testing, the practice of observed RATs for the purpose of international...
Why pharmacists should be embedded in healthcare teams
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA) Pharmacists in 2023 report found that the inclusion of pharmacists in healthcare teams will ensure that medicines are used...
Experts urge support for PrEP after second Australian HIV case
Experts are emphasising the efficacy of the revolutionary pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medicine after a recent case of a Sydney man contracting HIV while taking...
‘Devastating’ volume of clinical waste generates concern
As environmental threats become increasingly pressing, healthcare professionals are calling for changes in the way clinical waste is managed in medical settings.
In a recent...
