‘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.Vic lockdowns impact essential medication review services
With COVID-19 outbreaks in one in four Victorian residential aged care facilities, many older people are at risk not only from the pandemic, but from a lack of medicine safety.
Distinguished pharmacists receive Australia Day awards
The 2021 Australia Day Honours List included several high profile pharmacists and educators in the profession.
The Shark Tank winners who became pharmacy superstars
National glory, improved pharmacy services, industry connections and a recruitment boost are just some of the perks of winning PSA’s Shark Tank competition.
Government-funded RSV vaccines to protect infants from severe disease
With cases of RSV spiking in 2024, the federal government announced free vaccination would be offered to eligible pregnant people and babies.
Pharmacist advice needed in the use of MR paracetamol
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made an interim decision to upschedule modified release (MR) paracetamol tablets from 1 October 2019 due to safety...
Why this GP trained pharmacists for the QLD prescribing pilot
The urgent need to train pharmacists as autonomous prescribers to fill healthcare gaps under the Queensland Scope of Practice Pilot.
