News
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Two pharmacists sued
Friday | May 11 2018HEIRS to legendary singing and music-writing star Prince have sued two pharmacists and a hospital claiming his death could have been prevented.
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NZ ticks some vaping
Friday | May 11 2018A RECENT District Court decision has ruled that vaping and heated tobacco products may be legally imported, sold and distributed in New Zealand.
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SHPA expands Board
Friday | May 11 2018THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)has boosted the size of its Board of Directors, with the addition of David Brennan, David Butt and Lindsay Cane as new "expert appointments".
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Opioid GP arraigned
Friday | May 11 2018A REHABILITATION medicine consultant from Taree has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct by the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales in relation to 11 complaints that he had prescribed buprenorphine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, morphine, oxycodone, tapentadol or naloxone for a number of patients in his care.
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Sleep specialists flag pharmacy concern
Friday | May 11 2018SIGMA Healthcare's planned rollout of pharmacy-based sleep testing services (PD 03 Mar) has reportedly alarmed sleep specialists who have branded it a "great example of poor medical practice".
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Antibiotic guide
Friday | May 11 2018THE Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare yesterday released the 2018 edition of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Australian Health Care (AMS Book Second Edition), providing hospitals with "world-leading guidance and support that will ensure patients receive appropriate antibiotic treatment".
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Calocurb report
Friday | May 11 2018A DIETARY supplement marketed to support weight loss and appetite control in New Zealand, Calocurb, has been reported to the NZ Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring for an association with an anaphylactic event requiring hospitalisation - medsafe.govt.nz.
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Health losing trust
Friday | May 11 2018TRUST in the consumer health subsector has fallen 14 percentage points in the last two years, according to the "Edelman trust barometer" released yesterday.
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SHPA-NAPSA flag student symposium
Friday | May 11 2018THE National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia have opened registrations for the upcoming SHPA-NAPSA Student Symposium 2018.
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CW whistle-blowers
Friday | May 11 2018CHEMIST Warehouse is set to become the official partner of the AFL Umpires, effective from Round 8 of the 2018 season.
