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Pharmacists and COVID-19
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Elbeddini A
; Prabaharan T
; Almasalkhi S
; Tran C
J Pharm Policy Pract
2020[]; 13
(ä): 36
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In the fight against COVID-19, frontline health workers have been vital to
keeping the pandemic at bay, but recognition of individual professions' efforts
have been inconsistent at all levels. Pharmacists around the world have continued
to provide direct patient care and perform frontline duties for their communities
during this pandemic, but are often relegated to the background and overlooked
when frontline workers are heralded. Community pharmacists are the most
accessible healthcare practitioners, which is further proven during the pandemic
as they continued to provide direct patient care despite restrictions imposed by
the government due to the pandemic. Due to the inaccessibility of other
healthcare practitioners during this time, community pharmacists have reduced the
burden on the healthcare system by diverting the influx of patients away from
hospitals through triaging and screening patients. Community pharmacists have
played various roles in supporting the healthcare system during COVID-19:
delivering medications to patients, educating patients on telehealth services,
assessing patients for renewal of chronic medications, performing consultations
on minor ailments, clarifying misconceptions about COVID-19 treatments, and
contributing to COVID-19 screening. Alongside ICU nurses, physicians, and
respiratory therapists, hospital pharmacists have been part of the COVID-19
efforts and their roles include management of drug shortages, development of
treatment protocols, participation of patient rounds, interpretation of lab
results for COVID-19, participant recruitment for clinical trials, exploration of
new drugs, medication management advice, and antimicrobial stewardship. Further
support from pharmacists will be needed once a vaccine is launched in order to
reach population-wide coverage. Amid COVID-19, pharmacists have not stopped
working as frontline workers and they should be recognized as such.
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