Managing the COVID-19 health crisis: a survey of Swiss hospital pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic strained healthcare systems immensely as of 2020. Switzerland's hospital pharmacies' responses during the first wave were surveyed with a view to improving the quality of pharmaceutical management in future health crises.

Methods

An online survey was sent to the heads of all of Switzerland's hospital pharmacies. The questionnaire was organised into eleven sections of questions covering many topics regarding the management of COVID-19's first wave. Data collection occurred from May to June 2020.

Results

Analyses were performed using the 43 questionnaires (66%), with at least one answer per questionnaire, out of 65 distributed. Seventeen of 41 pharmacies responding (41%) had existing standard operating procedures or pandemic plans and 95

SUBMITTER: Schumacher L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10589985 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature