Application of emergency preparedness principles to a pharmacy department’s approach to a “black swan” event: the COVID-19 pandemic.
Waldron KM, Schenkat DH, Rao KV, et al. Application of emergency preparedness principles to a pharmacy department’s approach to a “black swan” event: the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2021;78(7):552-555. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxab004.
Health systems have needed to rapidly adapt processes to optimize safe care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes one pharmacy department’s experience integrating emergency preparedness and disaster management principles during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the use of a department-specific incident command and delineation of responsibilities among pharmacy leadership (e.g., who monitors PPE inventory, medication distribution, workflows).