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COVID-19 pandemic preparedness: A practical guide from an operational pharmacy
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Merchan C
; Soliman J
; Ahuja T
; Arnouk S
; Keeley K
; Tracy J
; Guerra G
; DaCosta K
; Papadopoulos J
; Dabestani A
Am J Health Syst Pharm
2020[Sep]; 77
(19
): 1598-1605
PMID34279582
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PURPOSE: To describe our medical center's pharmacy services preparedness process
and offer guidance to assist other institutions in preparing for surges of
critically ill patients such as those experienced during the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. SUMMARY: The leadership of a department of pharmacy at
an urban medical center in the US epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic proactively
created a pharmacy action plan in anticipation of a surge in admissions of
critically ill patients with COVID-19. It was essential to create guidance
documents outlining workflow, provide comprehensive staff education, and
repurpose non-intensive care unit (ICU)-trained clinical pharmacotherapy
specialists to work in ICUs. Teamwork was crucial to ensure staff safety, develop
complete scheduling, maintain adequate drug inventory and sterile compounding,
optimize the electronic health record and automated dispensing cabinets to help
ensure appropriate prescribing and effective management of medication supplies,
and streamline the pharmacy workflow to ensure that all patients received
pharmacotherapeutic regimens in a timely fashion. CONCLUSION: Each hospital
should view the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to internally review and
enhance workflow processes, initiatives that can continue even after the
resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.
|*COVID-19 Drug Treatment
[MESH]
|*Practice Guidelines as Topic
[MESH]
|Academic Medical Centers/organization & administration/standards
[MESH]