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. 2020 Dec;3(8):1480-1492.
doi: 10.1002/jac5.1329. Epub 2020 Oct 2.

Global contributions of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic

Debra A Goff  1 , Diane Ashiru-Oredope  2   3 , Kelly A Cairns  4 , Khalid Eljaaly  5   6 , Timothy P Gauthier  7 , Bradley J Langford  8   9 , Sara Fouad Mahmoud  10 , Angeliki P Messina  11   12 , Ubaka Chukwuemeka Michael  13 , Thérèse Saad  14 , Natalie Schellack  15
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Global contributions of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic

Debra A Goff et al. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Throughout the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) global pandemic, pharmacists were rarely mentioned as essential frontline health care providers by the news media, the public, or politicians. Around the world, pharmacists are working on the frontlines of health care every day providing essential health care services during the pandemic. Pharmacists are medication experts providing patient care in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, long-term care, physician offices, and national and public health. In this paper, we describe how pharmacists from high and low-middle income countries contributed to essential patient care and well-being of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the news media, the public, and politicians often overlooked pharmacists as essential frontline health care providers, we hope that this list of contributions by pharmacists from nine countries in this article can help to change this perspective.

Keywords: antibiotic stewardship; coronavirus; global health; pandemic; pharmacists; pharmacy.

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Conflict of interest statement

TG is the owner of www.IDstewardship.com. DG is an advisor to CARBx and Opgen, and has received grants from Merck and Pfizer. The other co‐authors have no conflicts. Disclosure: TG states the views and opinions expressed in the article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of their past, present, or potential future employers. This article was completed outside of working hours without the use of company resources.

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FIGURE 1
Map highlighting pharmacist's global contributions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. ICU, intensive care unit
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FIGURE 2
Infographic of the roles of pharmacists during the COVID‐19 pandemic. PPE, personal protective equipment
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