Fighting against COVID-19: Innovative strategies for clinical pharmacists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical pharmacists' routine task is carrying out pharmaceutical care to ensure patients' safe and reasonable medication use. However, under public health emergencies, such as the outbreak of COVID-19, the work strategies of clinical pharmacists need to be modified according to the rapid spread of the disease, where information and resources are usually lack to guide them.

Objective

To retrieve and investigate the prevention and control measures of clinical pharmacists during the outbreak of novel coronavirus, summarize the roles and responsibilities of clinical pharmacists, and to propose innovative strategies for developing pharmacy services under the epidemic.

Methods

The Chinese and English databases, self-media network, website of professional society

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7194937 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature