Bakhsh Hussain T, Makki Hala
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Microsc Ultrastruct. 2020 Dec 10;8(4):152-155. doi: 10.4103/JMAU.JMAU_57_20. eCollection 2020 Oct-Dec.
The cautionary procedures of COVID-19 indicate the importance and urgency of preventing "community transmission" in the overall pandemic control. Pharmacy professionals are considered essential partners in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital pharmacies are expanding services and providing essential services, putting pharmacists and their co-workers at the frontlines for patient care and safety to improve the public health.
The objective was to provide a guidance on minimizing pharmacy staff at risk of COVID-19 exposure and serve as emergency preparedness in case of mass staff infected with COVID-19 pandemic within the department.
This study was conducted at Pharmaceutical Services Administration at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
An instructional intervention using an electronic survey and summarization of the experience during the COVID 19 outbreak in a hospital pharmacy setting. We analyzed and discussed the methods and strategies that pharmacy settings and pharmacists should use to provide pharmaceutical care during the pandemic crisis.
The outcome measures include staff perception and acceptance for splitting teams at pharmaceutical care services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 119 electronic surveys were distributed to the pharmacy staff and responded by 102 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. All the study participants agreed on two group system which includes working-week-week-off. However, only three participants chose a full-team monthly roster. All participants agreed to be ready for work in their week-off as on demand. Furthermore, they all agreed to strictly follow the preventive measures of wearing masks and physical distancing. Furthermore, they gave permission to the administration to review the working schedule every 2 weeks to either continue the same way or to back to the full-team scheduled monthly roster.
During the COVID-19 outbreak, the pharmaceutical services provided valuable pharmacy functions and care considering that we work into two teams and, yet, we are united in one mission and objective. Through these services, pharmacists have presented their professional competence, dedication, and responsibility to patients, other health-care providers, and society.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的警示程序表明，在整体疫情防控中预防“社区传播”至关重要且迫在眉睫。药剂师专业人员被视为应对当前COVID-19疫情的重要合作伙伴。医院药房正在拓展服务并提供基本服务，使药剂师及其同事处于患者护理和安全的前线，以改善公众健康。
目的是提供指导，以尽量减少药房工作人员面临COVID-19暴露的风险，并在部门内出现大量工作人员感染COVID-19疫情时做好应急准备。
本研究在沙特阿拉伯吉达阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医院的药学服务管理部门进行。
采用电子调查进行指导性干预，并总结医院药房环境中COVID-19疫情期间的经验。我们分析并讨论了药房环境和药剂师在疫情危机期间提供药学服务时应采用的方法和策略。
观察指标包括工作人员在COVID-19疫情期间对药学服务中分组工作的认知和接受程度。
共向药房工作人员发放了119份电子调查问卷，102名药剂师和药房技术人员进行了回复。所有研究参与者都同意两周一轮换的分组系统，即一周工作一周休息。然而，只有三名参与者选择了全员每月排班制。所有参与者都同意在需要时在休息周随时准备工作。此外，他们都同意严格遵守戴口罩和保持身体距离的预防措施。此外，他们允许管理层每两周审查一次工作时间表，以决定是继续当前方式还是恢复全员每月排班制。
在COVID-19疫情期间，药学服务发挥了重要的药房功能并提供了护理，因为我们分成两个团队工作，但我们在一个使命和目标上团结一心。通过这些服务，药剂师向患者、其他医疗服务提供者和社会展现了他们的专业能力、奉献精神和责任感。
