COVID-19
Are pharmacists ready for a rebound in Chinese customers?
The post-pandemic return of Chinese tourists could present a major opportunity for Australian pharmacies, provided they are positioned to capitalise on it, a healthcare product producer says聽 Before the Covid-19 …
Cardiovascular risks and COVID-19
New research confirms the benefits of vaccination, writes Glen Pyle, Dalhousie University COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. Yet, from the earliest days of the pandemic, the cardiovascular risks associated with …
Annual Covid boosters confirmed
Government accepts ATAGI recommendations for annual free Covid-19 booster shots for adults聽 Australians aged 18 to 64 years will be eligible for annual Covid-19 jabs, Mark Butler the Minister for …
RACGP voices opposition to pharmacist-initiated antivirals
RACGP president questions pharmacists鈥� motivation in wanting rights to prescribe Covid-19 antivirals聽 Steps to ensure 鈥渢here are no perverse incentives for prescribing鈥� need to be taken聽before pharmacists could be allowed …
Antiviral decision 鈥榙isappointing鈥�: Tassone
Authorising pharmacists to prescribe Covid-19 antivirals could limit wastage, a Guild leader says聽 The rejection of a recommendation to allow pharmacists to initiate Covid-19 oral antiviral treatment for patients eligible …
Telehealth gets tick of approval
Pharmacists participating in ward rounds via telehealth ramped up activities for Covid-19 patients compared to face-to-face attendance, study finds Hospital pharmacists can successfully deliver services and participate in medical ward …
Owner suspended over expired Covid jabs
Pharmacy owner suspended after expired Covid-19 vaccines were administered in-store聽 The Pharmacy Board of Australia has suspended the owner of a Tasmanian pharmacy where patients were given doses of expired …
No to pharmacist initiated Covid antivirals
Government says 鈥渘o鈥� to funding pharmacist prescribing of Covid-19 antiviral medications聽 Labor聽will not implement a recommendation from the House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, to allow pharmacists …
Vaccination: lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
The pandemic changed everything when it comes to vaccination by pharmacists. So where are we at now? By Jala Moushi The role of pharmacists has evolved from traditional medication dispensers …
States edging closer to vaccination harmonisation
NIPVIP program sees jurisdictions move towards pharmacist vaccination harmonisation聽 The rollout of the National Immunisation Program Vaccination in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) program has prompted steps towards regulatory harmonisation across the states …
Tasmanian pharmacy gave expired Covid jabs
One state health department is working with a pharmacy to contact some of its patients, to whom it gave expired Covid vaccines Tasmania鈥檚 director of public health, Dr Mark Veitch, …
Another variant vaccine, another potential risk
With the availability of the latest Pfizer (Comirnaty) Omicron XBB.1.5 vaccine, indicated for 12 years and over, there may be potential for selection or administration error, writes PDL This is …