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Mini Review Volume 3 Issue 10

Multiple Role of Pharmacist to Tackle Over Covid-19: Frontline Healthcare Professionals

Raju Niraula1*, Anju Ramachandran2 and Anuja Devkota3

1Somiya Pharmacy, Nepal
2M Pharm in Clinical Pharmacy, Kerala, India
3Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal

*Corresponding Author: Raju Niraula, Somiya Pharmacy, Nepal.

Received: August 17, 2020; Published: September 28, 2020

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Abstract

  In fighting against covid-19, frontline healthcare workers have been vital role to tackle the pandemic. All healthcare professionals play vital for prevention of transmission of disease, treatment of diseased patients, formulating new medicines, conducting trails etc. among all these professionals pharmacists also play the equivalent role to reduced the covid situation in various sector such as community and hospital. pharmacist play the multiple role in health care system. the lockdowns are being observed all over the globe and the pharmacy professionals are performing frontline roles 24 hours. community pharmacists have reduced the burden on the healthcare system by diverting the influx of patients away from hospitals through triaging and screening patients while Hospital and clinical pharmacists collaborated with multidisciplinary team to improve COVID-19 patients’ outcome and reduce mortality and to facilitate the pandemic control in hospitals. Now and later pharmacist professionals are always plays a vital role for analyzing data, formulation of drugs, formulation of therapeutical plan, production of medicines, equipments, vaccines for smooth running of covid-19 tackle programme.

Keywords: Frontline Workers; Pandemic; Covid-19; Pharmacists

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Citation

Citation: Raju Niraula., et al. “Multiple Role of Pharmacist to Tackle Over Covid-19: Frontline Healthcare Professionals". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 3.10 (2020): 81-83.




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