Patient Safety

The Pharmacy Council says an incident where a baby was hospitalised after a Hawke’s Bay pharmacy dispensed the wrong medication will end up before the Health and Disability Commissioner

A warfarin patient's INR level spiking to dangerous levels is a wake-up call for patients taking turmeric products, and their pharmacists

A warning over the safety of a popular herbal supplement has led to questions over whether non-pharmacists should be allowed to sell dietary products on internet auction site Trade Me

Long-term use of diclofenac without gastro-protective prophylaxis contributed to the death of a

A PHO has launched a new aid to improve quality of care for people taking antipsychotic medications 

A ten-minute check was all it took for one pharmacy to determine it had no batches of recalled Maxiclear products.