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Brianne Lowe wins PATY
Tuesday | Oct 15 2019BRIANNE Lowe (pictured), from HealthSAVE Pharmacy Charlestown in New South Wales, has been announced as the 2019 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY).
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Time for pharmacy funding rethink
Monday | Oct 14 2019PHARMACISTS should be paid for their service skills rather than the speed at which they can dispense medicines, researchers believe.
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Compare the pair: Guild
Monday | Oct 14 2019TRIALS need to be undertaken to establish the cost-effectiveness of embedding pharmacists in residential aged care facilities compared to community pharmacy outreach services, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
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Pharmacy staff face homicide investigation
Monday | Oct 14 2019GERMAN police are investigating two pharmacy employees in relation to a negligent homicide case in the city of Cologne.
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Victoria lowers pharmacy flu vax age
Friday | Oct 11 2019VICTORIA is the third Australian state to grant pharmacists approval to administer flu vaccinations to children as young as 10 years old.
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Zantac recalled globally
Friday | Oct 11 2019GLAXOSMITHKLINE has issued a global recall for Zantac (ranitidine) over concerns about contamination with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), expanding an earlier alert which saw the drug pulled in Ireland, India and Hong Kong.
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Health professionals top cyber targets
Thursday | Oct 10 2019PHARMACY owners are being urged by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to embrace guidelines introduced to minimise their risk of data breaches.
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PDL raises dispensing concerns
Thursday | Oct 10 2019PHARMACISTS are being urged by indemnity insurer, Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL), to follow established dispensing protocols in order to avoid errors.
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AMA continues attacks on pharmacy
Wednesday | Oct 9 2019FRESH calls for Australian pharmacists to be empowered to work to their full scope of practice are once again being rebuffed by the Australian Medical Association (AMA).
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NSW regulator raids ORT pharmacies
Wednesday | Oct 9 2019NEW South Wales Health has recently conducted a blitz against pharmacies which provide opioid-replacement therapy (ORT) services, resulting in members of PDL seeking support in handling regulator inquiries, the indemnity insurance provider has advised in its latest Practice Alert.