‘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.
A tale of three pharmacists
After a GP practice in Perth took on three non-dispensing GP pharmacists, there was a significant improvement in chronic disease management.
Medicine shortages placing pregnant women at risk
Pregnant women are having difficulty accessing medicines due to a reliance on off-patent drugs and lack of trial data into medicine safety.
Cannabis drug interactions
Pharmacists play a central role in ensuring the quality and safe use of cannabis and cannabis-based products.
Sulphanilamide: a tragic solution
One of the first anti-bacterial agents to be used in fields of battle, sulphanilamide was also a factor in the deaths of more than...
Pharmacists could prescribe PrEP to combat HIV transmission
Under a new national government strategy, pharmacists will be key to dramatically reducing HIV transmission.
Perth pharmacy owner is PSA’s new WA Branch President
From community pharmacy to wedding photographer and a burgeoning bubble tea store empire – PSA’s new Western Australian (WA) Branch President Keegan Wong MPS brings passion to everything he does.
