Antibiotics

A Canterbury pilot that involves pharmacists being able to treat people with skin conditions or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is starting this month.

A Canterbury pilot that involves pharmacists being able to treat people with skin conditions or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is starting this month.

Antimicrobial resistance has been identified as one of the top-10 threats to human health by WHO, and a small group of hospital pharmacists are leading the charge in New Zealand to combat the growing problem

Antimicrobial resistance has been identified as one of the top-10 threats to human health by WHO, and a small group of hospital pharmacists are leading the charge in New Zealand to combat the growing problem.

This is the first study to comprehensively estimate the link between increased antibiotic resistance and air pollution globally

PSNZ names three pharmacists – Sharon Gardiner, Marilyn Tucker and Natalie Gauld – for top awards

Antibiotic use has dropped by 31 per cent in Canterbury since 2012, but remains higher than in the UK and Europe, study finds 

Some pharmacists are now switching eligible hospital patients from IV to oral antibiotics after a study found it produced good clinical outcomes and is cost-effective, writes Paulette Crowley

Antibiotics were offloaded from a flight departing Auckland for Samoa because there wasn't enough room in the hold - a move that has drawn criticism from a pharmacist

The latest report from the chief science advisor was requested by health professionals concerned about antimicrobial resistance