‘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.Ready for the end of the CPD year?
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As the ACOP program kicks off, this new intervention is designed to strengthen the systems level capacity of pharmacists in aged care.
Pharmacist prescribing pilot locked in for Victoria
The date has been set for Victoria’s pharmacy prescribing pilot but one key difference sets it apart from other states' trials.
Final scheduling changes for modified release paracetamol
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made a final decision on the rescheduling of modified release (MR) paracetamol due to safety concerns.
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Supporting pharmacy interns to administer COVID-19 vaccinations
As a new intern year begins, budding pharmacists around Australia have joined the COVID-19 vaccination effort.
Federal Budget delivers new medicine tracking system
A new medicines listing guarantee and supply chain reforms are two measures welcomed by pharmacists in the 2020–21 Federal Budget.
