DAAs: Taking the right dose?
Are pharmacies taking the right approach in their medication management services?Provision of dose administration aids is now very much an accepted, standard part of pharmacy practice, but is the service …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby presents the latest research news relevant to pharmacy Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular DiseaseEvidence from a total of 11 trials involving more than 118,000 patients highlights …
Pharmacists lack confidence in supplying naloxone
They feel the need for more training, but downscheduling champion Angelo Pricolo says this shouldn’t be an issueAn online survey of nearly 600 Australian pharmacists run by the National Drug …
Narrow miss for pharmacy assistant
A Gold Coast pharmacy assistant narrowly escaped serious injury over the weekend when a man crashed his hatchback through the pharmacy’s front window.The man, aged in his 70s, may have …
Intranasal flu vaccine under scrutiny
An influenza vaccine delivered intranasally should not be given in any setting during the 2016-17 flu season in the US, its manufacturer has said.AstraZeneca confirmed that the Advisory Committee on …
What you said
Here’s what our readers are saying about the key issues in pharmacy:Chaos reignsA minority LNP government, with Katter and Xenophon holding the balance of power is a dream for Pharmacists …
Ley to headline ASMI conference
Federal Health Minister, Sussan Ley, is expected to open the 2016 conference of the Australian Self Medication Industry on 27 October 2016, ASMI said today.Delegates will hear about new opportunities …
Heartburn course for pharmacy assistants
The Guild Pharmacy Academy is collaborating with Pfizer Consumer Healthcare in the development of a new QCPP Refresher Training online course for pharmacy assistants on heartburn. The online course has been …
Joining the right chorus
A serivce-based, forward pharmacy model is a no-brainer…or is it? asks Glenn GuilfoyleAs a stakeholder in the retail pharmacy industry it has become nigh on impossible to be unaware of …
Chaos returns
Election 2016 leaves pharmacy in a state of fluxAs Australia faces a hung Parliament and years of political deals and recriminations, community pharmacy confronts potentially months of delay on key …
Pharmacists show contempt: regulators
Concerns raised over ‘incompetent’ handling of S8 medicinesPharmacy regulators around Australia are becoming “dismayed” at the handling of Schedule 8 medicines by the sector, a new release reveals.In its latest …
Pharmacist allegedly supplied illegal drugs to bikies and bodybuilders
The accused is part owner of five pharmacies in the Hunter region of NSWPhillip Lawrence Slater, 36, appeared in Maitland Local Court on Thursday 30 June facing 10 charges, including …