Australian Pharmacist

Over-reliance on urine dipstick testing to guide urinary tract infection management contributes to antibiotic overuse and misuse.

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...

Boost your CPD points and test your knowledge on recent updates to medicines and clinical and practice guidelines.

While patients will be able to access cheaper medicines, asthma control, medicine stability and dose optimisation could be impacted.

The move to electronic prescribing is the ‘biggest process change in medicine supply since computers were introduced in pharmacy in the 1980s’.

Missed medicine doses are common in practice, with potentially serious consequences for patient health, particularly when it comes to time-critical medicines.