Exploring the experiences and preparedness of humanitarian pharmacists in responding to an emergency-response situation

Nazar, Zachariah; Nazar, Hamde

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.03.146

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“…This guideline also demonstrates all the preventive measures, tips on infection control and some recommendations for outpatient care 36 . Interestingly, this study resonates with research investigating the experiences of other healthcare professionals, which highlights the need for more tailored and appropriate training to improve preparedness for deployment 18 .…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Moreover, community pharmacists need to engage with patients, providing them with counseling regarding the safety precautions to minimize exposure and infection probabilities as well as psychological and mental health support during a pandemic. Pharmacists would be expected to support general health care teams in infection prevention, as well as alerting public health officials of potential outbreaks/cases 18,19 . During pandemics pharmacists' role in managing minor ailments increases as doctors and hospitals become overwhelmed 18,19 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pharmacists would be expected to support general health care teams in infection prevention, as well as alerting public health officials of potential outbreaks/cases 18,19 . During pandemics pharmacists' role in managing minor ailments increases as doctors and hospitals become overwhelmed 18,19 . The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) released a guideline during March 2020 stating the needed information for pharmacists and the pharmacy workforce to help them in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak 20 , and acknowledging the responsibilities put upon the pharmacists in the control of the COVID-19 outbreak 20 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In previous 'pandemic preparedness testing studies', in the United States (US), community pharmacists have expressed concerns that need to be considered by policymakers, for example, about critical medicine shortages or managing medicine hoarding 17 . Collating published literature, it appears that there are various research studies published to guide pharmacists on how to improve patient care services and outcome 19,23,24 , however, pharmacists are still in need for more tailored and extensive training to improve preparedness for emergency situations 18 . To prepare globally uniform pharmacy response directives for pandemics, pharmacists' awareness and perspectives around roles during pandemics in different regions of the world need to be assessed.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Pharmacists’ Awareness of COVID-19 and Perceptions of their Roles, Barriers, and Roles of Policymakers: exploring the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Basheti

El‐Hajji

Nassar

et al. 2020

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Background: The coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was declared in January 2020 as a public health emergency of international concern. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), like other parts of the world, suffered from several epidemics over the years. Pharmacists have vital roles to play to prevent the spread of this virus. Objectives: To assess the awareness of COVID-19 amongst pharmacists from countries located in the MENA countries, and to assess their perspectives of their role, barriers, and roles of the educational institutions and pharmaceutical associations in preparing them for their roles during the pandemic. Methods: An online survey was conducted to run a descriptive cross-sectional study in Jordan from 12th to 22th April 2020. The questionnaire was validated and put on Facebook for pharmacists' recruitment and assessment of their awareness (20 questions with a score out of 20) about epidemics/pandemics and COVID-19, their perceived roles and barriers, and roles of the educational institutions and pharmaceutical associations. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Results: Study participants (n= 2589) had a mean age of 29.3 (8.2) years and 1329 (51.5%) were females. Most of the participants were from Egypt 819 (40.8%), Followed by Jordan, Algeria, and Syria. As for the sources of information about coronavirus treatment among the study participants, 60.8% got their information from the social media. Fear as a consequence was identified by the majority of participants (87.7%). The majority of pharmacists identified positive roles for the pharmaceutical association and pharmaceutical associations. Conclusion: Pharmacists from the MENA countries believe they got enough education previously about epidemics/pandemics, and the majority follow on the latest coronavirus updates from social media. Fear was reported as the major barrier that requires resolution by the policymakers. Certain gaps in the awareness about COVID-19 were identified.

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confidence: 67%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pharmacists’ Awareness of COVID-19 and Perceptions of their Roles, Barriers, and Roles of Policymakers: exploring the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Basheti

El‐Hajji

Nassar

et al. 2020

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“…A multidisciplinary SARS tertiary acute response team that involved pharmacists was created upon the second SARS disaster. Nazar and Nazar (2020) United Kingdom Cross-sectional Pharmacists involved in the humanitarian field based in England Humanitarian field and emergency response situations Preparedness Nazar and Nazar (2020) identified four descriptive themes to explore the experiences and preparedness of humanitarian pharmacists (n=12) in response to an emergency. 1-Training and preparation Since the actuality of humanitarian crises cannot be fully predicted, no amount of training is assured to fully prepare pharmacists.…”

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confidence: 99%