Dr Erica Stewart, Centenary Institute[/caption]
Chelsea Felkai, MPS[/caption]
Working with the nursing staff to understand when PRN (as required) chemical restraint might be used, and ensuring other options have been exhausted first, has shown the most reduction in how much psychotropic medications have been used so far. The numbers are relatively small, but to be honest, this is largely because the facility had great protocols to begin with.
Dr Natalie Soulsby FPS[/caption]
Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak[/caption]
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.
Masters student takes out 2020 Pharmacy Student of the Year
Kurtis Gray, a final year Master of Pharmacy student at the University of Western Australia (UWA), is the 2020 PSA Mylan Pharmacy Student of the Year.
4 graphs show how influenza vaccination is going this season
How pharmacist-administered vaccination has tracked across the years, and where the profession has an opportunity to improve access.
Workplace-based assessment for intern pharmacists
Workplace-based education provides the opportunity for interns to put theory into practice while under the guidance of an experienced pharmacist.
Vaccination advice for monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis
Vaccination will be paramount to curb the spread of monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis in Australia, delegates at the VIC/TAS Annual Therapeutic Update 2022 heard.
Telepharmacy – pharmacy horizons
The tyranny of distance in Australia should make telepharmacy a potent force in healthcare. But a nationwide video conferencing service that’s dedicated to preventing...
