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Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Químico - Farmacéuticas

Print version ISSN 0034-7418On-line version ISSN 1909-6356

Abstract

JIMENEZ HERRERA, Luis Guillermo. Healthcare pharmacy activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rev. colomb. cienc. quim. farm. [online]. 2022, vol.51, n.2, pp.672-690.  Epub Dec 18, 2023. ISSN 0034-7418.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcciquifa.v51n2.98431.

Introduction:

Pharmacy personnel in different action scenarios carry out activities contributing to public health ant the current pandemic is an opportune moment to highlights the work that help the well-being of people in the communities.

Method:

A descriptive research based on documents in English and Spanish for period 2020-2021 with the support of keywords from the sites Pub-MEDLINE, LILACS, ebscohost, Springer, SciElo online scientific electronic library and Google Scholar.

Results:

This article describes the activities of a) provision of essential services, b) preventive measures and advice on people's behaviors, c) the importance of the role in education, advisory and counseling, d) actions in the field of pharmacy of the community, e) actions in the field of hospital clinical pharmacy, f) pharmaceutical improvements in Europe regarding immunization programs, g) main challenges facing the field of pharmacy, h) reporting the results of experiences in various contexts: opinions of users/professionals in medicine/pharmacy or pharmacy students, people's behaviors and the results of various investigations.

Conclusions:

Activities contribute to obtaining better results in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, some of them are consolidated, retaken and projected actions that impose challenges in favor of the well-being people in communities, in some contexts they are carried out with an adequate quality while in others there are shormocings or weaknesses that must be corrected in a timely manner.

Keywords : pharmacy; pharmaceutical services; coronavirus; Covid-19.

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