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Occupational health expert David McBride discusses the hazards of COVID-19 for healthcare workers and the roles of personal protective equipment and hand hygiene in managing this risk
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
