News
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Specialty Practice thrives
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018MORE than 2,000 Australian pharmacists are now active across the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) Specialty Practice program proving its worth as a professional and career growth vehicle, the SHPA says.
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Aged care meds in focus
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018THE Federal Government's newly convened Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will consider medication management as part of its now-confirmed Terms of Reference.
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UQ students in the know
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018PHARMACY Guild Queensland Branch President, Trent Twomey, was among the presenters at an event last week at the University of Queensland, with attendees including students, pharmacists and academics.
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CoaguChek warning
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018AUTHORITIES in the UK have issued an alert to patients on blood thinners who use the Roche CoaguChek device to test their blood clotting function, advising them to check their test strips.
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Fellowships for Aussie pharmacists
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018LUCY Walker, owner of TerryWhite Chemmart Pharmacy in Goondiwindi, Queensland and Tasmania's Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Samuel Halliday, have been named among the 112 recipients of the Churchill Fellowships for 2018.
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Section 19A update
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018THE TGA has updated its database of Section 19A approvals to import medicines in short supply.
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Aspirin & clopidogrel risk of bleeding
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018PEOPLE experiencing a minor stroke or a transient ischaemic attack have a lower risk of further stroke within 90 days if given clopidogrel and aspirin, rather than aspirin alone, according to a University of Nottingham study.
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Grafton robbery
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018POLICE on the NSW North Coast are warning the public not to buy illicit prescription medication, after the armed robbery of a pharmacy in South Grafton on Mon afternoon.
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Echinacea assessed
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018THE European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published the results of its assessment of traditional medicine echinaceae pallidae radix conducted by the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC).
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Dispensary Corner
Wednesday | Oct 10 2018
10 Oct 18TOO much of a good thing caused this man to see red, literally.
