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Real-time prescription monitoring provides some, but not all information in supplying Controlled Drugs and other high-risk medicines. Here’s how it can help
Tasmanian pharmacists new to the rollout discuss encouraging vaccination despite low case numbers, while a newly locked-down pharmacist in Canberra shares how she quickly adapted to restrictions.
Pharmacist immuniser Vanessa Lange MPS has a history of anaphylactic reactions to vaccines. She spoke with Australian Pharmacist about her decision to get the COVID-19 vaccine and using her experience to help vaccine-hesitant patients.
For years RTPM has been ‘just around the corner’ in most jurisdictions. Now imminent across Australia, protecting those most at risk will require everyone to use it effectively.
As the virus creeps up the New South Wales coast, pharmacists have been approved en masse to vaccinate the nation.
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is prevalent in Australia, but pharmacists are largely unprepared to help tackle the issue.
As COVID-19 cases continue to grow in New South Wales and Queensland, with 233 locally acquired cases confirmed today, vaccination is under ever-increasing focus.
With community pharmacists an integral part of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, it’s time to get serious about allowing pharmacists to administer other injectable medicines.
Theresa Flavin, a 57-year-old mother of five, was diagnosed with dementia at just 46. She says older Australians and those with cognitive dysfunction need a pharmacist ‘on the team’ to promote the quality use of medicines and prevent medicine-related harm. 
A replacement for cotton wool and tape at injection sites and a new app that tracks expiry dates on medicines to prevent wastage were among six innovative ideas to advance patient care presented to judges at yesterday’s session.