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The incident trends every pharmacist should know
These case examples show that errors arise from system pressures, not individual failings. Pharmacists can act on these insights to strengthen governance.
When pharmacists call...
Hospital pharmacists’ scope is expanding
From roles in governance, research and education, hospital pharmacists are practicing to an increasingly advanced scope.
Running for the shelter of a ‘mother’s little helper’
The popularisation of meprobamate from the 1950s onwards ushered in the dawn of the psychopharmacological era where patients began to look to doctors to...
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.
What pharmacists need to know about VAD legislation
Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) is now legal in most jurisdictions. But there’s a nation-wide regulation impeding access to the service.
Minimising urine dipstick use improves UTI management
Over-reliance on urine dipstick testing to guide urinary tract infection management contributes to antibiotic overuse and misuse.
