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Keeping it renal

Chloe Hava - July 12, 2000

People

Outside his usual kidney care, renal pharmacist Lindon Clark can be found hiking and climbing around Queensland.

TEST: 5 ways patients judge your professionalism

Deanna Mill MPS - January 12, 2000

Industry

Maria Berbecaru extended interview

Ruth Cooper - June 17, 2000

Industry

Just 3 years out of university, in 2019 Maria Berbecaru MPS made history by implementing Australia's first integrated community pharmacy-delivered medicine supply and on-site...

Amitriptyline for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

AP Staff - February 6, 2000

Uncategorised

The essential role of the pharmacist in adult vaccination

AP Staff - August 13, 2000

CPD

References Morgan Poll. Roy Morgan image of professions survey. 2021. At: https://roymorgan-cms-dev.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/21014612/8691-Image-of-Professions-2021-April-2021.pdf Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). Australian immunisation handbook. 2022. At:...

A thiazolidinedione for hepatitis B

Dr Esther Lau and Prof Lisa Nissen - January 28, 2000

Clinical

Thiazolidinediones may hold the key to developing a new class of anti-HBV medicines that will cure the chronic infection.

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Jurisdiction	Changes
Nationally	The maximum pack size for general sale (unscheduled) in supermarkets and convenience stores will reduce from 20 to 16 tablets or capsules (8 g) Paracetamol tablets and capsules for both general and Pharmacy medicine sale must be in blister or strip packaging The maximum pack size for Pharmacy medicine sale will reduce from: 100 to 50 tablets or capsules 50 to 25 individually wrapped powders or sachets of granules Pack sizes up to 100 tablets or capsules will remain available for supply only under the supervision of a pharmacist (Pharmacist Only medicines)
Western Australia and Queensland	Pack containing more than 16 tablets or capsules must be stored out of reach of the public

Jurisdiction	Changes
Nationally	The maximum pack size for general sale (unscheduled) in supermarkets and convenience stores will reduce from 20 to 16 tablets or capsules (8 g) Paracetamol tablets and capsules for both general and Pharmacy medicine sale must be in blister or strip packaging The maximum pack size for Pharmacy medicine sale will reduce from: 100 to 50 tablets or capsules 50 to 25 individually wrapped powders or sachets of granules Pack sizes up to 100 tablets or capsules will remain available for supply only under the supervision of a pharmacist (Pharmacist Only medicines)
Western Australia and Queensland	Pack containing more than 16 tablets or capsules must be stored out of reach of the public

Jurisdiction	Changes
Nationally	The maximum pack size for general sale (unscheduled) in supermarkets and convenience stores will reduce from 20 to 16 tablets or capsules (8 g) Paracetamol tablets and capsules for both general and Pharmacy medicine sale must be in blister or strip packaging The maximum pack size for Pharmacy medicine sale will reduce from: 100 to 50 tablets or capsules 50 to 25 individually wrapped powders or sachets of granules Pack sizes up to 100 tablets or capsules will remain available for supply only under the supervision of a pharmacist (Pharmacist Only medicines)
Western Australia and Queensland	Pack containing more than 16 tablets or capsules must be stored out of reach of the public

Jurisdiction	Changes
Nationally	The maximum pack size for general sale (unscheduled) in supermarkets and convenience stores will reduce from 20 to 16 tablets or capsules (8 g) Paracetamol tablets and capsules for both general and Pharmacy medicine sale must be in blister or strip packaging The maximum pack size for Pharmacy medicine sale will reduce from: 100 to 50 tablets or capsules 50 to 25 individually wrapped powders or sachets of granules Pack sizes up to 100 tablets or capsules will remain available for supply only under the supervision of a pharmacist (Pharmacist Only medicines)
Western Australia and Queensland	Pack containing more than 16 tablets or capsules must be stored out of reach of the public

1. Do I still have to manually measure the fridge temperature if I have a data logger?

2. What happens to NIP stock if the power goes out?

3. Can vaccines be removed from their packing and stored in a basket in the fridge?

4. What’s the worst-case scenario in the event of a cold chain breach?

Did you know you need to do an annual self-audit of cold chain?

Steep increase in self-poisonings among teens

Off-label medicine use fuelling adverse reactions

Treating mental health conditions comes with risks

Pharmacists critical to harm prevention

Do foil bags keep medicines cold?

What if the patient doesn’t have a fridge?

Opened containers – in or out of the fridge?

References

Our author

What are the changes?

How should pharmacists respond to requests?

What labelling is required?

What should a Pharmacist Only paracetamol consultation look like?

1. Do I still have to manually measure the fridge temperature if I have a data logger?

2. What happens to NIP stock if the power goes out?

3. Can vaccines be removed from their packing and stored in a basket in the fridge?

4. What’s the worst-case scenario in the event of a cold chain breach?

Did you know you need to do an annual self-audit of cold chain?

Steep increase in self-poisonings among teens

Off-label medicine use fuelling adverse reactions

Treating mental health conditions comes with risks

Pharmacists critical to harm prevention

Do foil bags keep medicines cold?

What if the patient doesn’t have a fridge?

Opened containers – in or out of the fridge?

References

Our author

What are the changes?

How should pharmacists respond to requests?

What labelling is required?

What should a Pharmacist Only paracetamol consultation look like?

1. Do I still have to manually measure the fridge temperature if I have a data logger?

2. What happens to NIP stock if the power goes out?

3. Can vaccines be removed from their packing and stored in a basket in the fridge?

4. What’s the worst-case scenario in the event of a cold chain breach?

Did you know you need to do an annual self-audit of cold chain?

Steep increase in self-poisonings among teens

Off-label medicine use fuelling adverse reactions

Treating mental health conditions comes with risks

Pharmacists critical to harm prevention

Do foil bags keep medicines cold?

What if the patient doesn’t have a fridge?

Opened containers – in or out of the fridge?

References

Our author

What are the changes?

How should pharmacists respond to requests?

What labelling is required?

What should a Pharmacist Only paracetamol consultation look like?

1. Do I still have to manually measure the fridge temperature if I have a data logger?

2. What happens to NIP stock if the power goes out?

3. Can vaccines be removed from their packing and stored in a basket in the fridge?

4. What’s the worst-case scenario in the event of a cold chain breach?

Did you know you need to do an annual self-audit of cold chain?

Steep increase in self-poisonings among teens

Off-label medicine use fuelling adverse reactions

Treating mental health conditions comes with risks

Pharmacists critical to harm prevention

Do foil bags keep medicines cold?

What if the patient doesn’t have a fridge?

Opened containers – in or out of the fridge?

References

Our author

What are the changes?

How should pharmacists respond to requests?

What labelling is required?

What should a Pharmacist Only paracetamol consultation look like?

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