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cord-028605-ehercdou	Merchan, Cristian	COVID-19 pandemic preparedness: A practical guide from an operational pharmacy perspective	2020-06-16		.txt	text/plain	4362	187	32	PURPOSE: To describe our medical center's pharmacy services preparedness process and offer guidance to assist other institutions in preparing for surges of critically ill patients such as those experienced during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It was essential to create guidance documents outlining workflow, provide comprehensive staff education, and repurpose non–intensive care unit (ICU)-trained clinical pharmacotherapy specialists to work in ICUs. Teamwork was crucial to ensure staff safety, develop complete scheduling, maintain adequate drug inventory and sterile compounding, optimize the electronic health record and automated dispensing cabinets to help ensure appropriate prescribing and effective management of medication supplies, and streamline the pharmacy workflow to ensure that all patients received pharmacotherapeutic regimens in a timely fashion. Our pharmacy residents' training was redesigned to enable them to assist with both clinical and operational needs, including rounding in newly established units designated as "COVID-ICUs," participating in medical code responses, and assisting with operational needs such as sterile compounding, hand deliveries, and other tasks.	./cache/cord-028605-ehercdou.txt	./txt/cord-028605-ehercdou.txt