• Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2021

    Hospital pharmacists' pharmaceutical care for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: Recommendations and guidance from clinical experience.

    • Zaiwei Song, Yang Hu, Siqian Zheng, Li Yang, and Rongsheng Zhao.
    • Department of Pharmacy, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China; Institute for Drug Evaluation, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China; Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
    • Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021 Jan 1; 17 (1): 2027-2031.

    ObjectiveTo discuss hospital pharmacists' role in providing pharmaceutical care for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 to promote patient care and management during the pandemic.MethodBased on the method of evidence-based pharmacy, clinical evidence of therapeutical drugs for COVID-19 were retrieved and summarized. Based on clinical experience Chinese hospital pharmacists gained from providing pharmaceutical care services during COVID-19 pandemic, taking COVID-19 hospitalized patients' needs into consideration, the methods and strategies hospital pharmacists shall use to provide pharmaceutical care were analyzed and summarized.ResultsHospital pharmacists shall support pharmaceutical care services by participating in making evidence-based decisions for medication, monitoring and evaluation of medication safety and efficacy, providing strengthened care for special population and patients with combined underlying diseases, monitoring and management of convalescent plasma therapy, providing emotional counselling and psychological support, and providing scientific information about COVID-19 vaccines.ConclusionThe need of pharmaceutical care services in COVID-19 hospitalized patients during this pandemic was quite distinguished from the past. Hospital pharmacists shall join the collaborative multidisciplinary team to improve COVID-19 patients' outcome and reduce mortality, and to facilitate the pandemic control.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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