Health emergency plan applied to a hospital pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: feedback from the Moroccan National Institute of Oncology
Le Pharmacien Clinicien
; 57(3):243-253, 2022.
Article
in French
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2258051
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
A pandemic is a health disaster that can lead to the disruption of hospital's health care activities. The objective of this work is the presentation of a health emergency plan model applicable to the hospital pharmacy in times of crisis, and the description of the Moroccan National Institute of Oncology's pharmacy experience in fighting COVID-19 pandemic.Method:
Establishment of a set of procedures for pharmaceutical organization as a part of a health emergency plan, the creation of a device whose endowment allows the rapid management of 25 simultaneous patient's health care, and a system for managing the risks of shortages. In addition, all the missions carried out by the pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic were presented and discussed.Results:
Three medical endowment lists of essential therapeutic products were created, with a total of 125 references. The terms of supplies are defined by a procedure for deploying health emergency plan's pharmacy. An interhospital pharmaceutical inventory monitoring system was also put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusion:
In time of crisis, supply systems are severely disrupted and shortages in therapeutic products are common. An emergency plan is an organization of multidisciplinary actions to deal with a health disasters in which the hospital pharmacy plays a decisive role.
Health Services [UU350], Prion; Viral; Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210], coronavirus disease 2019, health care, health services, human diseases, lungs, pandemics, pharmacies, public health, respiratory diseases, viral diseases, man, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Morocco, Homo, Hominidae, primates, mammals, vertebrates, Chordata, animals, eukaryotes, Francophone Africa, Africa, lower-middle income countries, Maghreb, North Africa, Mediterranean Region, medium Human Development Index countries, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Coronavirinae, Coronaviridae, Nidovirales, positive-sense ssRNA Viruses, ssRNA Viruses, RNA Viruses, viruses, lung diseases, SARS-CoV-2, viral infections
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CAB Abstracts
Language:
French
Journal:
Le Pharmacien Clinicien
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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