‘We’re increasingly seeing incidents where alert fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor. It’s not that there wasn’t an alert in place, but that it was lost among the other alerts the clinician saw,’ Prof Baysari says.Pharmacists to give Pfizer booster doses
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all Australians aged over 18, Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced today.
Liquorice: from sweet treat to modern treatment
Liquorice has been put to varied use since the beginning of recorded history. Today, largely unregulated ‘herbal’ remedies are sold, and people even use it as a shampoo.
The case for automated dispensing
Buying expensive robotics could seem a counterintuitive way to boost profitability while increasing customer interactions but that is the promise of automated dispensing.
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Does how you print dosing intervals on medicine labels matter?
Expert advice for applying the right dosage instructions on dispensed medicine labels on a case-by-case basis.
First Queensland community pharmacists join COVID-19 vaccine effort
Community pharmacists in Queensland delivered their first COVID-19 vaccinations this week, with 49 rural and remote locations now eligible to begin vaccinating patients.
Keeping a new whooping cough outbreak at bay
With a whooping cough outbreak on the way, pharmacists can help to protect those most at risk through promoting testing and vaccination.
