What happens when patient identification goes wrong?

Identifying patients should be a routine task, but missteps have occurred at an increased rate, sometimes leading to disaster.

Responding to a measles exposure in your pharmacy

With measles cases climbing across Australia and pharmacies increasingly listed as exposure sites, community pharmacists must be prepared.

The HIV specialist

A needle phobic who wanted a career in health, Bruce Hamish Bowden MPS found his niche at The Albion Centre in Sydney, a multidisciplinary...

‘We’ve just been scraping through’: hospital pharmacists rally under Omicron pressure

Shortages of staff, medicines and beds coupled with an influx of patients with COVID-19 and changing regulations have left many hospital workers, including pharmacists, overwhelmed.

How to channel your ‘inner prescriber’

As new pharmacist prescribing pilots and models continue to be introduced, here's a look at the history of prescribing and where it’s headed.

Stigma hinders adolescent contraceptive care

Adolescents prefer seeking contraceptive care from pharmacists, says new research. But there are barriers to access that must be addressed.