Pharmacists could distribute antivirals when flu hits

摘要

Community pharmacists may be the most appropriate health care workers to give out antiviral drugs in case of an influenza pandemic,say Asian researchers.Writing in The Lancet,the researchers say that,in case of a pandemic,antiviral drugs will need to be distributed to patients and close contacts within 48 hours."It seems more appropriate for community-based health care personnel,or even pharmacists,rather than hospital-based health care workers,to handle such procedures,"they say.