Exploring the role of community pharmacists in preventing the onsite infection during COVID-19 pandemic

Q4 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.29090/psa.2022.02.21.129

Noor Raouf Al-Hasani, Dheyaa JabbarKadhim, Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the preparedness and adherence of community pharmacists to the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Health Advisory COVID-19 guidelines for pharmacists (July 2020) during COVID-19 pandemic. This was a cross-sectional study based on electronic survey using google form, which was distributed from November 19, 2020 to January 1, 2021 using social media platforms. The survey measured 21 pharmacy preventive measures (PM). A multivariate regression analysis was used to identify factors influencing pharmacy implementing of PM. Hand disinfection after serving patients represented the main adopted measure (89.3%). Surprisingly, only 35.4% of participants implemented the proper ways of hand disinfection during face mask handling and 35.4% could not recognize the purpose behind medical mask uses. Significant (p-value<0.05) positive association with pharmacy adoption of PM during COVID-19 was recorded for high influx of patients into pharmacy and working for extended hours, while inadequate information of pharmacists about COVID-19 (which represented the main difficulty that down regulated the adoption of PM in pharmacies) had significant negative association. This study revealed suboptimal implementation of the PM in community pharmacies, and a gap in the pharmacists’ knowledge about safety protocols to limit COVID-19 transmissions in the pharmacies. Official health organizations might need to develop a national guideline for community pharmacies to enhance the pharmacists’ and patient safety during COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022. Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia. All rights reserved.

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本研究旨在评估社区药剂师在COVID-19大流行期间对国际制药联合会(FIP)药剂师健康咨询COVID-19指南(2020年7月)的准备和遵守情况。这是一项基于电子调查的横断面研究，使用谷歌表格，于2020年11月19日至2021年1月1日在社交媒体平台上分发。调查测量了21项药学预防措施(PM)。采用多元回归分析确定影响药房实施PM的因素。服务后手消毒是主要采取的措施(89.3%)。令人惊讶的是，只有35.4%的参与者在使用口罩时采取了正确的手部消毒方法，35.4%的参与者无法识别医用口罩使用背后的目的。患者大量涌入药房和工作时间延长与新冠肺炎期间药房采用PM呈显著正相关(p值<0.05)，而药剂师对新冠肺炎信息不足(这是药房降低PM采用的主要困难)与药房采用PM呈显著负相关。该研究表明，社区药房对PM的实施不理想，药剂师对限制COVID-19在药店传播的安全协议的了解存在差距。官方卫生组织可能需要为社区药房制定一项国家指南，以加强药剂师和患者在COVID-19大流行期间的安全。©2022。《亚洲医药科学》版权所有。

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期刊介绍： The Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia (PSA) journal is a double-blinded peer-reviewed journal in English published quarterly, by the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Thailand. The PSA journal is formerly known as Mahidol University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and committed to the timely publication of innovative articles and reviews. This journal is available in both printed and electronic formats. The PSA journal aims at establishing a publishing house that is open to all. It aims to disseminate knowledge; provide a learned reference in the field; and establish channels of communication between academic and research expert, policy makers and executives in industry and investment institutions. The journal publishes research articles, review articles, and scientific commentaries on all aspects of the pharmaceutical sciences and multidisciplinary field in health professions and medicine. More specifically, the journal publishes research on all areas of pharmaceutical sciences and related disciplines: Clinical Pharmacy Drug Synthesis and Discovery Targeted-Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics Biopharmaceutical Sciences Phytopharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacology and Toxicology Pharmaceutical Chemistry Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Natural Products Social, Economic, and Administrative Pharmacy Clinical Drug Evaluation and Drug Policy Making Antimicrobials, Resistance and Infection Control Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.