Practice news

The program, which pays for the heat of people with some serious lung conditions, pays for itself in reduced hospital visits, its founder says.

The Canadian Paediatric Society has released a new practice point on how clinicians can help manage critical drug shortages.

The Alberta College of Pharmacy is asking pharmacists who are compounding infants’ and children’s acetaminophen to match commercial concentrations and packaging sizes to help prevent overdoses in children. 

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) recently published a handbook on HIV prevention, screening and management, on World AIDS Day.

The testing, which is part of the APPROACH study, will allow some pharmacies in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Alberta to test for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis.

The partnership is part of the OPA’s drive to modernize and transform how pharmacists use digital tools.

Sore throats are the most common upper respiratory infections for which antibiotics are prescribed, when they’re not needed.

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has released a new tool for the management of non-communicable diseases: The regulatory self-assessment and development tool for transforming pharmacy practice.