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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2020

Saudi Arabia, pharmacists and COVID-19 pandemic.

Ajaz Ahmad, Khalid M Alkharfy, Ziyad Alrabiah, Abdulaziz Alhossan

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Pharmacists and pharmacy services in COVID-19 literature: A bibliometirc analysis.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2023
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  6. Polish Patients' Needs and Opinions about the Implementation of Pharmaceutical Care in Diabetes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  8. Adopting global tools for the advancement of pharmacy practice and workforce in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022
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  9. Cross-sectional study to evaluate burnout among pharmacy staff in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19 pandemic.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022
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  12. Application of the health Belief Model to assess community preventive practices against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021
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  13. The Particularities of Pharmaceutical Care in Improving Public Health Service during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  20. Pharmacists' satisfaction with their involvement in the management of COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ajaz AhmadDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia.
Khalid M AlkharfyDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia.
Ziyad AlrabiahDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz AlhossanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The latest outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has placed a significant effect on health care system around the world. This article discusses the role of pharmacists in Saudi Arabia during the current Covid-19 pandemic. Pharmacists are an important part of everyday healthcare in Saudi Arabia. Pharmacists helped to protect the public from Covid-19 pandemic disease by participating in various initiatives including health education and promotion, medication dispensing, medication reconciliation, medication and patient counselling, training for self-management in current outbreak and emergency preparedness. Full utilization of skills of pharmacists boosted the safety response of Saudi Arabia to Covid-19 pandemic.

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Covid-19PandemicPharmaceutical servicesPharmacistSaudi Arabia

Identifiers

PMID32670595
PMCPMC7351647

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