‘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.
More Australian ranitidine recalls expected
Recalls of more ranitidine products are expected to continue this week after preliminary tests found low levels of nitrosamines in the medicines.
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Digital innovation in pharmacy – what your future looks like
The move to electronic prescribing is the ‘biggest process change in medicine supply since computers were introduced in pharmacy in the 1980s’.
How unseen, unconscious bias affects women’s healthcare
To coincide with Women’s Health Week, 6–10 September, we explore why women’s health is often minimised, or normalised, and how pharmacists can help.
When your pharmacy is a COVID-19 hotspot
When pharmacy owner Tania Watson MPS learned her business had been included on the Queensland Health website, she sprang into action to ensure her staff and patients remained safe and able to access their medicines.
New principles for medicine management in frail older people
Australian pharmacists now have access to international consensus principles for medication management in frail older people, a group rarely included in clinical practice guidelines or research.
Famciclovir fundamentals
When pharmacists should and shouldn't prescribe famciclovir as a Schedule 3 antiviral treatment for cold sores.
