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World news wrapup: 22 December 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Antrim, Northern Ireland: A pharmacist whose dispensing error was linked to the death of a patient has been given …
Target people with hayfever in thunderstorm asthma prevention: experts
Experts are calling for a “ramp up” of efforts to manage asthma, including targeting people who do not know they may be affected by the condition Dr Michael Sutherland, a …
Light shone on health professional drug deaths
An Australian-first study conducted by Monash University has found that from 2003-2013, nearly five deaths per 1000 employed Australian health care professionals were caused by drugs, with a significant association …
Campaign slashes cardiac arrest deaths
The Heart Foundation’s “Warning Signs” public awareness campaign led to 1,300 fewer deaths from cardiac arrest in the Melbourne region between 2009 and 2013, a new study has shown. A …
Overdose victim’s file: ‘Dr shopper, please do not prescribe anything’
A Victorian coroner has said she hopes Real Time Prescription Monitoring will help prevent cases such as that of Milica “Mary” Minchev, who died from combined drug toxicity involving oxycodone, …
World News Wrapup: 27 October 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the world Ontario, Canada: A Canadian family has launched a petition to urge Ontario’s Health Minister to make medication error reporting mandatory, …
World news wrapup: 29 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy around the world New Zealand: Two pharmacists who unintentionally dispensed 10 times the correct dose of medicine to a young child …
FDA warning on opioids and benzos
The US Food and Drug Administration is adding Boxed Warnings – its strongest warnings – to the drug labelling of all prescription opioid pain medicines, prescription opioid cough medicines, and …
No jail for forging script after overdose death
A pharmacist who supplied a man who later overdosed with zopiclone and codeine has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention and 200 hours’ community work. Terrence Wong, also known …
Morphine overdose ‘enough to kill a whole paddock of horses’
Daughter of a woman who died from hospital overdose says the doctor ignored a pharmacist who queried the dose A Tasmanian coroner has highlighted significant shortcomings of a hospital pharmacy …
Obesity second only to smoking in premature death risk
A study of 3.9 million adults published today in The Lancet has confirmed that being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of premature death and is second …
Climate change causing heatwave deaths
Scientists in Europe have found that manmade climate change is to blame for hundreds of heatwave deaths. The team of scientists studied Europe’s deadly 2003 heatwave, using modelling to calculate …