The frontline pharmacists during this pandemic COVID-19 (coronavirus\ndisease 2019) situation are potentially contributing to saving human lives\nworldwide. The objective of this study was to demonstrate the current contributions\nof pharmacists among the frontline healthcare professionals in the\nmanagement of the COVID-19 crisis across the world. MEDLINE, EMBASE,\nCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of Science, and Scopus databases\nwere searched for this study from March 20, 2020 to May 20, 2020. The\nbasic keyword â??pharmacist and COVID-19â? was used to select studies. Relevant\nEnglish-language studies, guidelines, articles, relevant published reports\nin different online news portals and official web pages of different organizations\nwere searched. Pharmacists in the United States and United Kingdom\nare testing patients for COVID-19 and providing medical advice to patients.\nCommunity pharmacists in European countries are focused on the smooth\nsupply of essential medicines, and working to build awareness regarding the\ncommunity transmission of COVID-19. Hospital and clinical pharmacists are\nworking to facilitate the effective medication therapy management for improving\nthe clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients. Pharmacists in low-and\nmiddle-income countries around the world have focused their efforts mainly\non awareness-building activities regarding the community transmission of\nCOVID-19, and the mass production of alcohol-based hand-sanitizer. Several\nresources are globally available for pharmacists to improve their competency\nand self-protection from COVID-19. Frontline pharmacists are enthusiastically\ncontributing in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 from a\ncommunity-to-clinical level worldwide......................
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