Developing COVID-19 guidance for pharmacists in Pakistan
3 April 2020
Nadia Bukhari, Principal Teaching Fellow in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy, has co-written COVID-19 guidelines for Pakistan's pharmacists
Nadia Bukhari, Principal Teaching Fellow in Pharmacy Practice at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with her colleague Bismha Nayyer in Pakistan, has co-written practical cautionary guidelines for Pakistan's pharmacists on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This new precautionary advice, in the form of an infographic called "COVID-19 10 Step Guidance for Pharmacy Teams," features simple, intuitive graphics and is now available in both English (pdf, 467KB) and Urdu (pdf, 482KB) languages.
The 10 steps cover the following areas:
1. Pharmacy Signage
2. Wash Your Hands
3. Self-Isolate
4. Social Distance
5. Face Masks
6. Prescription Handling
7. Mobile Phones Rx Handling
8. Cash / PC Handling
9. Sanitisation of Premises
10. COVID-19 Testing
This crucial communications tool has been approved and endorsed by the , Coordination and Regulation in Pakistan and supported by the (FIP) and (CPA).
In addition, this guidance has been supported by: the ;Ìý;Ìý, one of Pakistan’s leading telemedicine providers;Ìý;Ìýand the , Pakistan.
The new guidelines are now being widely disseminated and used in pharmacies across Pakistan to support pharmacy staff and their patients.
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