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PSA Media Releases – 1. Vaccination National Accreditation 2. Innovative Pharmacist of the Year 3 . National Award for Immunisation Pilot
October 24, 2014 PSA vaccination training course granted national accreditation PSA has gained national accreditation with the Australian Skills Quality Authority for the PSA vaccination training used in the highly successful Queensland Pharmacist Immunisation Pilot (QPIP). The course – APPIMM806A Manage the delivery and administration of injections and immunisations – also forms part of the exclusive PSA Graduate Diploma of Applied…
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Expect 6000 more Australian deaths if pollution rises to ‘safe’ threshold
A leading pollution expert is warning Australian governments not to use the existing national pollution standards when assessing new infrastructure projects.The National Environment Protection Measures (NEPM) has set maximum daily limits, or ‘standards’, for six key outdoor pollutants, which QUT‘s Associate Professor Adrian Barnett says many authorities wrongly assume to be ‘safe’ thresholds for health. To test that…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Switching Lag 2. New Complementary Meds Research 3. Govt. to Cut Red Tape
Australia behind the rest of the world on switch 17 October 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) says New Zealand is leading the way in improving consumer access to medicines. A number of medicines such as trimethoprim for urinary tract infection; triptans for migraine; oseltamivir for flu and flu vaccines are available in…
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NPS Media Releases 1. Pain Relief Overuse 2. Taking Medicines as Prescribed
OVERUSE OF PAIN RELIEVERS POSES A SAFETY RISK FOR AUSTRALIANS 17 OCTOBER 2014 – On the final day of Be Medicinewise Week 2014, NPS MedicineWise is reminding people that excess consumption of common pain relievers is a serious medicine safety issue. A recent poll* on behalf of NPS MedicineWise suggests that many Australians have exceeded the maximum daily dose…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. S3 Advertising Reform 2. TGA Review of OTC NSAIDs
ASMI says S3 advertising reform long overdue 13 October 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) said that S3 advertising restrictions constrain the ability of sponsors to make consumers aware of medicines that are available without a prescription, and regulatory reform is long overdue. In a presentation at the annual Pharmacy Australia Conference (PAC),…
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CHF – New Friend of Pharmacy?
The Consumers Health Forum (CHF), not always known for a friendly approach with pharmacy, seems to be moderating its view in recent media releases. Currently, it is calling for the role of a pharmacist in primary health care to be debated. In a recent media release it states: “The Consumers Health Forum says the AMA‟s…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Complementary Medicines Research 2. Repositioning Pharmacy
1. ASMI sponsors new complementary medicines research leadership program 30 September 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) is proud to support a unique program for up and coming complementary medicine researchers at the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) at the University of Technology, Sydney. This international leadership program is…
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Pharmacists need to adapt for patients with multiple chronic illnesses
October 3, 2014: Pharmacy practice needs adapt to meet the challenges of an increased complexity of healthcare and medication which is a result of increasing numbers of people living with multiple chronic health conditions. Writing in Australian Pharmacist this month, Professor Libby Roughead highlights that in the 1980s, one in 10 Australians was living with three or…
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New centre to unlock the secrets of cheaper, quality healthcare
An Australian-first health research centre at UNSW promises to realise the potential of big data to reduce the costs of healthcare while simultaneously improving the prevention and management of many diseases. UNSW’s new Centre for Big Data in Health will put Australia at the forefront of global innovation in medicine and healthcare by linking, scrutinising…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Tricks of the Trade 2. Diagnostic Approach to Fatigue
1. TRICKS OF THE TRADE IN DRUG PROMOTION An article in the latest edition of Australian Prescriber looks at the controversies of promoting drugs to doctors. While direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs is prohibited in Australia, drugs are advertised to healthcare professionals. Author Paul Biegler, Adjunct research fellow at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, dissects…