Choosing wisely to achieve medicine safety

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The quality use of medicines is vital to ensure a sustainable healthcare system and better health outcomes for consumers. This was the dominant theme at...

Resistance movement: Pharmacy’s fight against antimicrobial resistance

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been ranked as serious a threat to society as terrorism. With millions of lives at risk, and trillions in GDP...

‘Devastating’ volume of clinical waste generates concern

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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...

Mare’s urine and women’s health go back in time together

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There is quite a seemingly unlikely pairing: older women and pregnant horses. But, there is a connection: urine.

PSA: embed pharmacists to reduce medicine harm in aged care

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PSA has called for a national program that embeds pharmacists in all aged care facilities in its submission to the Royal Commission into Aged...

GPs use antibiotics as placebos: study

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Most Australian GPs have used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos used far more than inert placebos, a new study...