The role of a Coronavirus disease 2019 pharmacist: an Australian perspective

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly impacted healthcare services around the world. Pharmacists are front-line healthcare professionals and integral members of the healthcare team. The deployment of a specialized ‘COVID pharmacist’ within our institution has demonstrated that...

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Autores principales: Nguy, Jenny, Hitchen, Sarah A., Hort, Adam L., Huynh, Cindy, Rawlins, Matthew D. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32472325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11096-020-01067-4
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly impacted healthcare services around the world. Pharmacists are front-line healthcare professionals and integral members of the healthcare team. The deployment of a specialized ‘COVID pharmacist’ within our institution has demonstrated that the skills of the pharmacist can be adapted, expanded and utilized to alleviate the pressure of doctor shortages, reduce healthcare worker exposure to infected patients, contribute to therapeutic decisions and work collaboratively to tackle the challenges faced during this pandemic. This commentary details an Australian hospital pharmacy response to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing the unique clinical and practical contributions made by a specialized COVID pharmacist in our institution.
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spelling pubmed-72601252020-06-01 The role of a Coronavirus disease 2019 pharmacist: an Australian perspective Nguy, Jenny Hitchen, Sarah A. Hort, Adam L. Huynh, Cindy Rawlins, Matthew D. M. Int J Clin Pharm Commentary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly impacted healthcare services around the world. Pharmacists are front-line healthcare professionals and integral members of the healthcare team. The deployment of a specialized ‘COVID pharmacist’ within our institution has demonstrated that the skills of the pharmacist can be adapted, expanded and utilized to alleviate the pressure of doctor shortages, reduce healthcare worker exposure to infected patients, contribute to therapeutic decisions and work collaboratively to tackle the challenges faced during this pandemic. This commentary details an Australian hospital pharmacy response to the COVID-19 pandemic, describing the unique clinical and practical contributions made by a specialized COVID pharmacist in our institution. Springer International Publishing 2020-05-30 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7260125/ /pubmed/32472325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11096-020-01067-4 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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