Patient Safety

About 100 hospital pharmacists attended the first annual conference in three years of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association last month. Paulette Crowley reports on some of the highlights

Even if you trust the prescriber to do his or her job, pharmacists must also ensure medicines information is passed on to the patient, writes Máté Hegedus-Gaspar, pharmacist and non-practising lawyer

It is the liquorice-like taste of teething for toddlers, but for one mother, Bonjela almost cost her daughter's life

Máté Hegedus-Gaspar takes a close look at an HDC case, where a baby was incorrectly dispensed methadone, to extract lessons for pharmacists and technicians

In part two of a series on how pharmacists can play a role in reducing the “pill burden”, clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, Katrina Azer, outlines the process of deprescribing

Tim Jones likes to be on the right side of history, even though he might have started out on the dark side

Pharmacists sell more than 70 per cent of all natural health products in New Zealand, with the category being the biggest and fastest growing in pharmacy. Paulette Crowley catches up with latest product and marketing trends

Pharmacists sell more than 70 per cent of all natural health products in New Zealand, with the category being the biggest and fastest growing in pharmacy. Paulette Crowley catches up with latest product and marketing trends

Tim Jones likes to be on the right side of history, even though he might have started out on the dark side

WITH MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR, multi-level marketing corporates propelling the global rise of essential oils over the past 15 years, concerns have been widespread over their misuse.