Drug and point-of-care resources
Drug resources
Drug resources provide information on drugs and their dosage, effects, contraindications etc.
- AMH children's dosing companion 2017The AMH Children's Dosing Companion is Australia's national paediatric guide to prescribing and administering medicines to children from birth to 18 years. The evidence-based and peer-reviewed content provides detailed dosing information to assist health care practitioners in hospital and community settings.
- Australian Medicines HandbookAims to provide concise practical, reliable, comparative drug information to promote quality use of medicines in Australia. The company is independent of both government and the pharmaceutical industry.
- Australian pharmaceuticals formulary and handbookThe everyday guide to pharmacy practiced
- Martindale drug referenceMartindale: The Complete Drug Reference has been a highly respected source of drug information for well over a century.
- MIMS Online This link opens in a new windowAustralia’s most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database. Provides access to essential information on over 2,300 prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Point-of-care resources
These resources are evidence-based summaries to support clinical decision making at point of care.
- BMJ Best Practice This link opens in a new windowCombines current evidence with expert opinion and guidelines.
- Therapeutic GuidelinesPeer-reviewed clinical guidelines. Topics include analgesia, antibiotics, cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrinology, neurology, gastroenterology, dermatology, palliative care, psychotropics and drug prescribing in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- TRIP Medical DatabaseA clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.
- Up To DateAn evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource which assists clinicians to make point-of-care decisions.
- A pharmacitst's guide to using UpToDateWith UpToDate®, pharmacists can search topics about conditions
and treatments, view tables, graphics, and algorithms, obtain
drug information, analyze drug interactions, and share patient
education materials.