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...

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. 

‘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.