Archive for December, 2006

Farewell CRGH Pharmacy Department

28Dec06

Today was my last day at the Pharmacy Department at Concord Repatriation General Hospital (CRGH), having finished my graduate year. The department also bid farewell today to Jarrod Yip, who is heading to (literally) greener pastures in Melbourne. I’ve put up some photos from our last day in the gallery section.

My thanks again to the […]

O Canada! (Bay)

21Dec06

The City of Canada Bay Council recently decided to institute a residential parking permit scheme on the streets around Concord Repatriation General Hospital as part of its Concord West Parking Strategy, at an expense of $85000. These streets had previously been mostly unrestricted parking and were a popular choice amongst hospital staff who did not […]

Defining a responsible person

13Dec06

As part of the registration process with the Pharmacy Board of New South Wales, applicants are required to satisfy the Board that they are of “good character” under Section 17 of the Pharmacy Act 1964 (NSW) as amended. To that end, the Board requires that applicants submit two character references from “responsible” persons. Interestingly, the […]

MRSA until proven otherwise

08Dec06

Highlighting the growing problem of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the health care setting, two of my patients were commenced on empirical vancomycin therapy today. I checked with the registrar, to ensure the appropriateness of therapy, and she said that it’s “MRSA until proven otherwise”. Indeed, a recent paper in the Medical Journal of Australia […]

Extended Live Archives installation

04Dec06

I previously mentioned that the Unsleepable2 theme is based on K2. It turns out that the authors of K2 have included a rather nifty CSS template for the Extended Live Archives (ELA) plugin – which you can see in action by following the archives link above.
As for the process of installing that plugin… well needless […]




 

Kieren Po is a hospital pharmacist in Sydney NSW, Australia; a medical student in the USydMP, and a tutor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney. He is a photography and digital design enthusiast and currently Assistant Director of Publications of the Sydney University Medical Society.