Headlines
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Unease over injections
Tuesday | Jul 21 2020MANY new, recent and experienced pharmacists do not feel confident about administering injectable medicines, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Chief Officer Health Practitioner Compliance, Licenses and Permits Medicines and Poisons Regulation, Stefan Tulloch, says.
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Telehealth left patients without meds
Monday | Jul 20 2020RESTRICTIONS preventing pharmacists from administering injectable medications forced patients to go without critical medications during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a pharmacy leader says.
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Pharmacies to join SA COVID trial
Monday | Jul 20 2020PHARMACISTS from up to five South Australian pharmacies will provide COVID-19 tests as part of a two-week pilot being conducted by SA Health.
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Pharmacy in liquidation
Monday | Jul 20 2020LIQUIDATORS have been appointed to two South Australian pharmacies in the last week, just weeks after two other stores linked to the same owner were placed in administration (PD 08 Jul).
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Access the No.1 meds safety issue
Friday | Jul 17 2020STATE MPs in Queensland are being urged to actively lobby their Federal peers to secure an extension of Continued Dispensing beyond 30 Sep.
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Pharmacists feel forgotten in COVID
Friday | Jul 17 2020DESPITE ensuring continued access to vital medications throughout the COVID-19 crisis, pharmacists feel they have been forgotten by State, Territory and Federal Governments, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) believes.
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FIP issues new COVID guidelines
Thursday | Jul 16 2020ALL community pharmacy staff members are being urged to wear face masks to avoid transmission of COVID-19 as part of new guidelines issued by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) this week.
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Pharmacists critical to diabetes care
Thursday | Jul 16 2020PHARMACISTS are being urged to take on a key role in educating and supporting patients with diabetes, as part of a National Diabetes Week 2020 campaign.
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Protecting HCWs a COVID priority
Thursday | Jul 16 2020AUSTRALIA needs to update its guidelines to ensure healthcare workers have continuous access to N95 respirators to reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19, researchers believe.
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No action for CWH staff
Wednesday | Jul 15 2020PHARMACISTS from a Brisbane-based Chemist Warehouse (CWH) will not face disciplinary action in relation to a dispensing error.