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Events Calendar 18 May 18
Friday | May 18 201827 May-8 Jun: 43rd PSA Offshore Refresher Conference; San Francisco; travel information and registrations at: www.psa.org.au,.
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UQ AMR research funded
Friday | May 18 2018UNIVERSITY of Queensland research into antibiotic resistance links between nursing homes and hospitals has received a $1.8 million government funding boost from the Health Department.
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CHF pushes for 7CPA seat
Friday | May 18 2018THE Consumers Health Forum has confirmed it will "urge the government to ensure the next negotiations for the Community Pharmacy Agreement include consumer representatives".
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Deprescribing safely
Friday | May 18 2018NPS Medicinewise is offering an educational visit for one hour for small group meetings for up to 10 health professionals: GPs, practice nurses and pharmacists, around the subject of when and how to step down or stop medicines safely and effectively.
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New Lloyds ceo
Friday | May 18 2018CELESIO UK, the parent company of British pharmacy retail giant Lloyds Pharmacy has appointed Toby Anderson as its new ceo.
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Antibiotics linked to kidney stones
Friday | May 18 2018COMMON antibiotics may be to blame for the rising incidence of kidney stones, particularly among children, according to a case-control study involving more than 260,000 patients, and published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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New wound products
Friday | May 18 2018TWO new preparations for the care of wounds and minor burns are now available to pharmacies, offering customers "modern, well designed products which minimise contact with the wound".
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6CPA backlog
Friday | May 18 2018THE Health Department has advised that the 6CPA Registration and Claiming Portal is currently experiencing a backlog of claims "due to the implementation of system changes to accommodate new claiming requirements implemented form 1 February 2018".
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Not so fast, Jaguar
Friday | May 18 2018JAGUAR 30000 capsules may pose a serious risk to health and should not be taken, the TGA warns in its latest safety advisory.
