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Healthcare and support workers face many hazards, one of which is accidental exposure to blood and body fluids. Clinical microbiologist Aaron Keene reviews the precautions and procedures you should have in place

This article is a summary of the work completed to date by the Environmental Pharmacy Initiative Committee, with an explanation of why the healthcare impact on climate change is important and ways we can contribute towards sustainable pharmacy

In this article, speech language therapist Bridget McArthur examines at the foundation for gaining informed consent, particularly for those with communication difficulties

In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates

Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones looks at ways to maximise trust in healthcare, during a period of general mistrust among society

Psychologist Janet Peters looks at the importance of using language that promotes respect, abilities and uniqueness when communicating with patients

In part two of her series on reducing medication errors, clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at cultivating safe workplace cultures, focusing on psychological safety, minimising the occurrence of errors and fostering workplace innovation

Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic that is effective for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. In this article, Amber Young and Emma Smith explain the roles of the pharmacist in supporting patients taking clozapine

In the first of a two-part series, pharmacist Katrina Azer reflects on lessons from the book Indistractable by Nir Eyal, covering the causes of dispensing errors, and the role of distractions and how to eliminate them

New work by researchers from Victoria University of Wellington, Courtney Addison and Denise Taylor, sheds light on how pharmacists and doctors work together to advance patients’ access to, and use of, pharmaceuticals