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NPS Media Release – New Antibiotic and Aged Care Collaboration
21 SEPTEMBER 2015 NEW REPORTING COLLABORATION FOR USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN AGED CARE NPS MedicineWise and Webstercare are proud to announce their latest collaborative Medicinewise Report to assist in the review of use of antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The RACF Medicinewise Report enables RACFs to identify patterns of…
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NPS Media Releases -1. Be Medicinewise Week 2. Australian Prescriber
BE MEDICINEWISE AT ALL AGES AND LIFE STAGES: BE MEDICINEWISE WEEK ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 NPS MedicineWise has announced that Be Medicinewise Week will be held again this year from 12-18 October 2015. A national awareness week that promotes the safe and wiser use of medicines by all Australians, this is the fifth annual Be Medicinewise Week.…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Sneezing Billboards 2. Doctor’s Bag App
17 JULY 2015 SNEEZING BILLBOARDS SPREADING AN IMPORTANT HEALTH MESSAGE THIS COLD AND FLU SEASON Many Australians are doing a double take this week as they walk past ‘sneezing billboards’. The sneezing posters—which depict a man with a head cold mid-sneeze—carry the health messages ‘don’t pass on your germs’ and ‘practise good hygiene’. They are…
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NPS Media Releases – Antibiotic Resistance
8 MAY 2015 WINTER IS COMING: FIGHT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE EVERY DAY IN MAY Ahead of the 2015 cold and flu season, NPS MedicineWise has launched an exciting new phase in its five year campaign to fight antibiotic resistance, ‘Winter is coming’, to encourage people to spread knowledge, not infection. Combining social media content every day…