New strategies proposed by clinical pharmacists in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in a developing country

The current exceptional pandemic situation requires that health professionals reorganize and adapt their practices to face the crisis. The clinical pharmacy department of the Rabat Ibn Sina hospital has proposed a series of actions that aim to standardize practices, train teams and raise their awareness on environmental hygiene and personal protective equipment. The objective of the current article is to highlight the role of clinical pharmacists as well as the strategies and means implemented to reinforce protection measures and infection control within hospitals in the context of the SARS-COV2 pandemic. When the pandemic broke out, working strategy was declined in 7 steps. First of all, it became necessary to set up an expert made up of clinical pharmacists and their collaborators. The work started by collecting all the documents containing relevant data relating to the coronavirus. The next step was to draft and validate bio-cleaning protocols and the equipment information sheets. Training and simulations were organized with the different care units. During this health crisis, the clinical pharmacy department effectively adapted to the new situation and reinvented itself by putting personal protection and environmental hygiene as absolute priorities in addition to its routine missions.