Community Pharmacy, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Community Pharmacy, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2022 Apr;18(4):2706-2710. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.010. Epub 2021 Jun 16.
Pharmacists played a key role during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: they contributed to preventing transmission and to maintaining continuity of primary care.
To present the contributions of a Swiss pharmacy of an academic outpatient care department (Unisanté) to the prevention of COVID-19 transmission and the precautionary measures plan implemented as well as to evaluate the impact of Swiss semicontainment on its pharmacy services.
Contributions to COVID-19 transmission prevention and the precautionary measures plan are described. The impact on pharmacy services was measured by quantitative comparison before, during and after semicontainment.
The pharmacy supplied protective equipment to the population and to liberal healthcare professionals and provided COVID-19 recommendations to patients and community pharmacies. The precautionary measures plan implemented required a reorganization of the premises, facilities, staff operation and pharmacy services. Semicontainment had a strong impact on pharmacy services; however, clinical bonds with patients and other healthcare professionals were maintained. Unseen negative impacts may exist and need to be investigated.
Although innovative solutions remain to be developed to guarantee continuous and secure remote communication with patients, this pandemic was an opportunity to demonstrate the versatility, benefit and importance of community pharmacy services.
药剂师在 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间发挥了关键作用:他们有助于预防传播并维持初级保健的连续性。
介绍瑞士学术门诊护理部门(Unisanté)的一家药房在 COVID-19 传播预防方面的贡献以及实施的预防措施计划,并评估瑞士半封闭对其药房服务的影响。
描述了对 COVID-19 传播预防的贡献和预防措施计划。通过在半封闭之前、期间和之后进行定量比较来衡量对药房服务的影响。
该药房向公众和自由执业医疗保健专业人员提供了防护设备,并向患者和社区药房提供了 COVID-19 建议。实施的预防措施计划需要对场所、设施、员工运作和药房服务进行重新组织。半封闭对药房服务产生了重大影响;但是,与患者和其他医疗保健专业人员的临床联系得以维持。可能存在尚未发现的负面影响,需要进行调查。
尽管仍需要开发创新的解决方案来保证与患者进行持续、安全的远程沟通,但这场大流行提供了一个机会,可以展示社区药房服务的多功能性、益处和重要性。