Pharmacy Daily For Tue 22 Nov 2016 - Curtin Pharmacy, SHPA Workforce Paper, Priceline, Location Rules, Zika and Much More
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Tuesday 22 Nov 2016
Zika emergency over
THE World Health Organization
has declared that the mosquitoborne Zika Virus is no longer a
global public health emergency.
However in a statement issued
on the weekend, the WHO said
Zika remains a significant enduring
challenge requiring intense action,
with pregnant women still warned
to avoid areas of transmission.
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New Curtin pharmacy campus
WESTERN Australias Curtin
University is proceeding with the
development of a new Midland
Campus east of Perth, which will
be a clinical base for medical
students as well as for Curtin Allied
Health Schools including nursing,
physiotherapy and pharmacy.
University officials yesterday
Priceline shows big heart
joined WA premier Colin Barnett
and other dignitaries to sign off on
stakeholder arrangements for the
project which will commence
construction next year and is
expected to be operational in 2019.
Curtin is significantly boosting
its focus on health with a new
five year full-time undergraduate
Bachelor of Medicines/Bachelor of
Surgery which kicks off next year.
The universitys School of
Pharmacy currently offers the only
undergraduate entry course in WA
leading to registration
As well as a four year B.Pharm,
Curtin offers a two year Graduate
Entry Master of Pharmacy degree,
with both courses accredited by the
Australian Pharmacy Council in 2013.
Novartis acquisition
NOVARTIS has confirmed the
US$665 million purchase of Selexys
Pharmaceuticals, an Oklahoma
City USA based company which
specialises in inflammatory
disorders.
THE Priceline Sisterhood
Foundation has announced that it
has reached a $3 million milestone
in fundraising since it was
established five years ago.
The target was reached during
the recent 2016 annual Priceline
Sisterhood Foundation event where
Priceline collected more than
$850,000 for the foundation in just
two weeks.
The funds will continue to support
five charity partners: Alzheimers
Australia, Children First Foundation,
Look Good Feel Better, Perinatal
Anxiety and Depression Australia &
Hear To Listen.
More than 422 stores across
Australia participated with
customers supporting the
foundation through generous
donations, catalogue purchases
and engaging in hundreds of store
events.
Visits from celebrity Priceline
Sisters Ita Buttrose, Samantha
Harris and Ada Nicodemou
(pictured above) also drew crowds
of customers to stores around the
country.
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Location rules update
THE Australian Community
Pharmacy Authority has noted
some incomplete information
contained in the recent Pharmacy
Location Rules News published in
Sep, in reference to the description
of a Medical Practitioner.
The description has now been
updated to include calculations
details of prescribing medical
practitioners - see the updated
version at health.gov.au.
Todays issue of PD
Pharmacy Daily today has
two pages of news plus a full
page from Pharmacy 4 Less.
Summer promotion
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of the opportunity to participate
in the upcoming Summer Spotlight
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Four items will be featured
on each page (see below) with
insertions
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each product,
a brief
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and a call to
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or website
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Renew registration
THE Pharmacy Board of Australia
is reminding pharmacists they only
have until 30 Nov to renew their
registration on time.
Renewal applications received in
Dec will face a late payment fee on
top of the usual registration cost.
Practitioners who do not apply to
renew their registration by the end
of the year will be removed from
the Register of Pharmacists and
will not be able to practise their
profession in Australia.
The Board says so far 60% of
those due to renew have applied
online via www.ahpra.gov.au.
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Tuesday 22 Nov 2016
Dispensary
Corner
THE once bitten, twice shy
theory didnt work so well for one
unlucky Aussie who was bitten by
a snake twice in the space of just
three days.
The 18-year-old contractor was
first bitten on the lower leg while
clearing scrub on a Queensland
property last week and was
transferred to Mackay Base
Hospital in a stable condition.
After being released he went
back to work in the same paddock
only to be nipped twice on the
forearm by another snake.
While he has recovered from
both attacks something tells us
he might not be in such a rush to
return to the paddock this time
around.
IT TURNS out Apple Watches
may do a fair bit more than just
look on trend, with one UK man
claiming the gadget saved his life
by alerting him to an undiagnosed
heart condition.
Via his Apple Watch the 51-yearold noticed his heart rate was
abnormally low, sitting at around
42 beats per minute.
He continued to monitor his
pulse and following a visit to his
GP and Liverpool Heart and Chest
Hospital he was diagnosed with
cardiac sarcoidosis, a condition
blocking signals to the heart.
He has since undergone surgery
to have a defibrillator fitted.
Nice one Apple!
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SHPA workforce paper
AUSTRALIAN hospital pharmacy
professionals are under-utilised
compared to their OECD peers and
have limited opportunity for career
advancement, according to a white
paper released by the Society of
Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
The document presents the
findings of the Pharmacy Technician
and Assistant Role Redesign within
Australian Hospitals project and
was presented at the SHPAs
Medicines Management 2016
Conference in Perth on Saturday.
The societys ceo Kristin Michaels
said the white paper was part of a
commitment to the transformation
of pharmacy workforce.
Pharmacy technicians and
assistants play critically important
roles in medicines management
in hospitals and it is essential that
we understand changes in the
dynamics of medicines supply in
hospitals and how this will impact
on these important roles in the
future, Michaels said.
The paper highlights the
progressive move by pharmacists
away from dispensary based supply
functions and towards team-based
patient-centric roles.
Therefore, the need to
effectively harness the technician
and assistant workforce to support
advancing hospital pharmacy
services is crucial, Michaels said.
Australian hospital pharmacy
technicians and assistants are
under-utilised compared to their
OECD peers, and there are limited
opportunities for pharmacy
technicians and assistants seeking
career advancement in Australia.
Our five recommendations
arising from the report provide
opportunities to address
current issues around enhanced
roles, improved education and
training, and better professional
development pathways, she said.
SHPAs Federal Council has
commissioned further work
based on the white paper
recommendations that would see
active change to the workforce.
For the full white paper and a
summary document CLICK HERE.
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Chinese med recall
KAISER Pharmaceutical is
recalling batches of Chinese medical
products after TGA testing found
low levels of aristolochic acid.
The recall relates to the
companys Tuhuo and Loranthus
Combination (batch 46455621),
Ligusticum and Tea Formula (batch
444159) and Tangkuei and Jujube
Combination (batch 46425717).
For further details and the full
TGA alert see www.tga.gov.au.
Guild
Update
Guild member
model referendum
dont forget to vote
GUILD members should by now
have received referendum ballot
papers for the Guild National
Councils plan to move to a new
membership model based on
premises alone.
At present, the membership
system applies a fee to premises
as well as proprietors.
The new premises-based model
aligns the Guild with the fact
that pharmacies are increasingly
owned by multiple proprietors.
The proprietor fee will cease.
It is simpler, fairer and more
equitable, and would apply
from the 2017/18 financial year.
More than three-quarters of
all Members will be financially
better off in terms of the fees
they pay.
Full details of the proposal are
included in the voting paper
pack which was posed last week.
The voting period runs until 12
December 2016 but the Guild
is urging members to post their
ballot paper as early as possible.
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