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Pharmacy suicide prevention training
Wednesday | Apr 14 2021QUEENSLAND-BASED pharmacy staff are being invited to take part in two free local early suicide prevention programs to support their communities.
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PPA EoI responses a step forward
Tuesday | Apr 13 2021PHARMACIES that submitted expression of interest (EoI) applications to take part in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout, should hear from the Pharmacy Programs Administrator (PPA) by close of business today.
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Dentists have role to play in AMR fight
Tuesday | Apr 13 2021SIGNIFICANT opportunities exist for dentists around the world to contribute to efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by changing their antibiotic prescribing, researchers believe.
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Fake Qld copper foiled
Tuesday | Apr 13 2021QUEENSLAND Police have busted a Sunshine Coast pharmacy bandit who posed as a cop and threatened to arrest staff at Maroochy Waters Pharmacy, if they did not hand over controlled medicines.
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Testosterone “experiment” leads to ban
Monday | Apr 12 2021A Sydney pharmacist has been given a two year ban against working as a pharmacist-in-charge and banned from compounding medications in his pharmacy, as part of a formal reprimand for illegally importing testosterone to make compounded medications.
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Sigma to launch aged care family portal
Monday | Apr 12 2021SIGMA Healthcare's MPS dose administration aid business is set to launch a newly developed "family portal" which will alert family members of any changes made to medications prescribed to residents of aged care facilities.
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P&G buys Voost Vitamins
Monday | Apr 12 2021THE Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has purchased Australian effervescent vitamin brand Voost Vitamins, saying the move sees the company "strengthen its personal healthcare footprint in Australia".
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Could ATAGI advice hit pharmacies?
Friday | Apr 9 2021IT IS too early to tell what impact, if any, new advice regarding the rollout of the AstraZeneca (AZ) COVID-19 vaccines in patients under 50 years will have for community pharmacists.
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AHPRA extends sub-register to 2022
Friday | Apr 9 2021AUSTRALIA'S pandemic response sub-register of recently retired health practitioners, including 1,936 pharmacists, will remain in place until 06 Apr 2022, to support the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
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NSW vax centre plan makes no sense
Friday | Apr 9 2021PLANS to operate a mass vaccination clinic at Sydney's Olympic Park are being criticised by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.