Analysis of scientific production on community pharmaceutical services in confronting the coronavirus pandemic

ABSTRACT

This review sought to synthesize the practices in pharmaceutical services related to management and clinical activities in different contexts for prevention and assistance during the Covid-19 epidemic. This is a review of the literature on public health policies for the reorganization of pharmaceutical assistance in countries affected by Covid-19 carried out in the Web of Science, Science Direct and Virtual Health Library databases. 9 articles were selected, all published in 2020. Of these, 90% of the articles were published by the journal ‘Research in Social an Administrative Pharmacy’ and had countries of three continents as study sites. Experiences about the performance of the pharmaceutical professional and the role of the community pharmacy in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, and about the reorganization of these services, evidenced in the context of crisis, were reported and debated, both with regard to the provision of services and the spread of the disease itself. The model adopted by countries to confront Covid-19, within the scope of community pharmaceutical services, was based on activities for quality assurance and logistics of supplies and medicines, screening and monitoring of patients, pharmacotherapeutic accompaniment, health education and information on medication use.

KEYWORDS
Pharmaceutical services; Community pharmacy services; Coronavirus infections; Universal access to health care services