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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis - The evidence and understanding its impact on consensus guidelines.

Ierano C, Peel T, Ayton D, Rajkhowa A, Marshall C, Thursky K

(2018), Infect Dis Health, 23(4), 179-188

DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2018.05.003

The current status and effects of emergency drug shortages in China: Perceptions of emergency department physicians

Yang C, Cai W, Li Z, Page AT, Fang Y

(2018), PLoS One, 13(10), e0205238

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205238

The Evolution of Lung Transplant Immunosuppression

Ivulich S, Westall G, Dooley M, Snell G

(2018), Drugs, 78(10), 965-982

DOI: 10.1007/s40265-018-0930-6

Integrate healthcare to provide multidisciplinary consumer-centred medication management: report from a working group formed from the National Stakeholders’ Meeting for the Quality Use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older Australians.

Page A, Cross AJ, Elliott RA, Pond D, Dooley M, Beanland C, Etherton-Beer CD

(2018), J Pharm Pract Res, 48(5), 459-466

DOI: 10.1002/jppr.1434

Incidence of Medication-Related Harm in Older Adults After Hospital Discharge: A Systematic Review

Parekh N, Ali K, Page A, Roper T, Rajkumar C

(2018), J Am Geriatr Soc, 66(9), 1812-1822

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15419

Protocol for an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Population Level Intervention Study in Victoria Australia: The PrEPX Study

Ryan KE, Mak A, Stoove M, Price B, Fairley CK, Ruth S, Lal L, Asselin J, El-Hayek C, Nguyen L, Batrouney C, Wilson D, Lockwood J, Murphy D, Cornelisse VJ, Roth N, Willcox J, Chang CC, Armishaw J, Tee BK, Penn M, Forgan-Smith G, Williams C, Montgomery J, Byron K, Coelho A, Allen B, Wiggins J, Kelsall J, Vujovic O, West M, Pierce AB, Gallant D, Bell C, de Wit JBF, Hoy JF, Wesselingh SL, Grant RM, Wright EJ

(2018), Front Public Health, 6, 151

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00151

Medication management for community palliative care patients and the role of a specialist palliative care pharmacist: A qualitative exploration of consumer and health care professional perspectives

Kuruvilla L, Weeks G, Eastman P, George J

(2018), Palliat Med, 32(8), 1369-1377

DOI: 10.1177/0269216318777390

E-cigarettes for harm minimisation: absence of evidence or evidence of absence?

George J, Thomas D

(2018), Int J Pharm Pract, 26(5), 377-379

DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12487

Diagnosing COPD and supporting smoking cessation in general practice: evidence-practice gaps

Liang J, Abramson MJ, Zwar NA, Russell GM, Holland AE, Bonevski B, Mahal A, Phillips K, Eustace P, Paul E, Wilson S, George J

(2018), Med J Aust, 208(1), 29-34

DOI: 10.5694/mja17.00664

Unintentional mortality associated with paracetamol and codeine preparations, with and without doxylamine, in Australia

Hopkins RE, Dobbin M, Pilgrim JL

(2018), Forensic Sci Int, 282, 122-126

DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.11.026

Early involvement of the emergency department pharmacist in severe trauma

Roman C, Dooley M, Mitra B

(2018), Emerg Med Australas, 30(2), 285

DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12938

Roles of the emergency medicine pharmacist: A systematic review

Roman C, Edwards G, Dooley M, Mitra B

(2018), Am J Health Syst Pharm, 75(11), 796-806

DOI: 10.2146/ajhp170321

Intensive therapy after botulinum toxin in adults with spasticity after stroke versus botulinum toxin alone or therapy alone: a pilot, feasibility randomized trial

Lannin NA, Ada L, Levy T, English C, Ratcliffe J, Sindhusake D, Crotty M

(2018), Pilot Feasibility Stud, 4, 82

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0276-6

Factors influencing self-reported anxiety or depression following stroke or TIA using linked registry and hospital data

Thayabaranathan T, Andrew NE, Kilkenny MF, Stolwyk R, Thrift AG, Grimley R, Johnston T, Sundararajan V, Lannin NA, Cadilhac DA

(2018), Qual Life Res, 27(12), 3145-3155

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-018-1960-y

A trial based economic evaluation of occupational therapy discharge planning for older adults: the HOME randomized trial

Wales K, Salkeld G, Clemson L, Lannin NA, Gitlin L, Rubenstein L, Howard K, Howell M, Cameron ID

(2018), Clin Rehabil, 32(7), 919-929

DOI: 10.1177/0269215518764249

What factors influence time-use of occupational therapists in the workplace? A systematic review

Summers BE, Laver KE, Nicks RJ, Lannin NA

(2018), Aust Occup Ther J, 65(3), 225-237

DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12466

Impact of adjusting for inter-rater variability in conference abstract ranking and selection processes

Scanlan JN, Lannin NA, Hoffmann T, Stanley M, McDonald R

(2018), Aust Occup Ther J, 65(1), 54-62

DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12440

Barriers and enablers to aligning rehabilitation goals to patient life roles following acquired brain injury

Sansonetti D, Nicks RJ, Unsworth C

(2018), Aust Occup Ther J, 65(6), 512-522

DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12492

A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Action Research Arm Test in neurorehabilitation

Pike S, Lannin NA, Wales K, Cusick A

(2018), Aust Occup Ther J, 65(5), 449-471

DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12527

Multiple functional assessments used by occupational therapists with older adults exist but psychometric properties vary

Nicks R, Letts L

(2018), Aust Occup Ther J, 65(5), 474-475

DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12532