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...

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...

PSA successfully lobbies for pharmacist recommendations

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Pharmacists have been recommended to access Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items to manage medicines for patients who require complex care. The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia...

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...

Offshore refresher: live and learn

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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...