Open AccessCOVID-19: How did community pharmacies get through the first wave?
Author(s) -
Paul Gregory,
Zubin Austin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian pharmacists journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1913-701X
pISSN - 1715-1635
DOI - 10.1177/1715163520945741
Subject(s) - snowball sampling , pharmacy , preparedness , thematic analysis , pandemic , medicine , pharmacy practice , nursing , community resilience , qualitative research , public relations , family medicine , psychology , covid-19 , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , sociology , social science , pathology , redundancy (engineering) , computer science , law , operating system
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of early 2020 was one of the most impactful events in living memory. As an essential service, community pharmacies remained open to provide care and service. The unprecedented nature and scale of the pandemic triggered considerable change in daily practice. In anticipation of future pandemic waves and similar mass-scale civil disruptions, it is important to understand how community pharmacies adapted and responded in the early weeks of COVID-19.