Le pharmacien clinicien : un membre à part entière de l’équipe de soins, au service du patient COVID

INTRODUCTION: During the second COVID-19 wave, two clinical pharmacists (CP) joined one of the COVID ward of the institution. They provided their expertise to the nursing staff from different departments of the institution. We present here their experience. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Clinical pharmacists took part in the daily healthcare transmissions. Then they intervened on medical or paramedical request. Data was extracted from their activity report. The satisfaction of the team was also evaluated anonymously. RESULTS: Clinical pharmacists intervened for 82% of patients, mainly to advise non-specialist doctors on management of the COVID patients. Medication reconciliation at admission and discharge, carried out for respectively 45% and 30% of patients, contributed to the link between community medicine and hospital. The clinical pharmacists quickly integrated to the healthcare team, who was very satisfied with the help they provided. CONCLUSION: This experience highlights the added value of clinical pharmacy for the management of COVID patients. It improves the caregivers’ quality of life at work, particularly in a context of health crisis, when habits are disrupted and the workload high.