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JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 469-476Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0897190020980626
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coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS CoV-2; community pharmacy; public health
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This paper reviews the roles that community pharmacists in the US can play during the COVID-19 pandemic, including as vaccinators, screeners, and testers. Community pharmacists are knowledgeable and capable providers of public health services and are easily accessible and well-regarded by the public.
The aim of this paper is to review the roles that community pharmacists in the United States (US) can play to support public health measures during the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic (COVID-19). Community pharmacists in the US are highly visible and accessible to the public and have long been regarded as a source for immunization services as well as other public health activities. In the US, the scope of pharmacy practice continues to expand and incorporate various health services on a state-by-state level. For the purposes of this article, a PubMed literature search was undertaken to identify published articles on SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, pharmacist- and pharmacy-based immunization and other public health care activities in the US in order to identify and discuss roles that community pharmacists can play during this pandemic including as vaccinators, screeners and testers. In conclusion, community pharmacists are knowledgeable and capable providers of public health services and are easily accessible and well regarded by the public. The incorporation of community pharmacists into this nation's COVID-19 pandemic response plan can help aid recovery efforts in the US.
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