TY - JOUR
T1 - Airport based pharmacies
T2 - products, services and challenges essential for patients in a global travel landscape
AU - Jairoun, Ammar Abdulrahman
AU - Al-Hemyari, Sabaa Saleh
AU - Shahwan, Moyad
AU - Zyoud, Sa'ed H.
AU - Abu-Gharbieh, Eman
AU - Jairoun, Maimona
AU - Kurdi, Amanj
AU - Godman, Brian
PY - 2023/9/30
Y1 - 2023/9/30
N2 - The role of airport pharmacies has grown in recent years to provide a range of services to travelers, including over-the-counter and prescription medicines, as well as advice on prevention of infectious and other diseases. Prevention, including protective equipment, is especially important during pandemics, as seen with the recent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition, offering vaccinations where appropriate. However, this is not universal, and there are currently no acknowledged guidelines for pharmacists operating within airports. In addition, research into their role as well as potential ways to improve this is lacking. This is a concern with community pharmacists playing a valuable role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Potential ways forward include greater research into their activities to enhance their role and address challenges. These include issues of brand names and language, as well as encouraging travel pharmacy in future university curricula. In addition, producing guidelines for their activities and monitoring their implementation. This can help build a greater role for their services, benefiting airport staff and travelers in the future.
AB - The role of airport pharmacies has grown in recent years to provide a range of services to travelers, including over-the-counter and prescription medicines, as well as advice on prevention of infectious and other diseases. Prevention, including protective equipment, is especially important during pandemics, as seen with the recent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition, offering vaccinations where appropriate. However, this is not universal, and there are currently no acknowledged guidelines for pharmacists operating within airports. In addition, research into their role as well as potential ways to improve this is lacking. This is a concern with community pharmacists playing a valuable role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Potential ways forward include greater research into their activities to enhance their role and address challenges. These include issues of brand names and language, as well as encouraging travel pharmacy in future university curricula. In addition, producing guidelines for their activities and monitoring their implementation. This can help build a greater role for their services, benefiting airport staff and travelers in the future.
KW - airport pharmacies
KW - vaccinations
KW - pharmacists
KW - travel pharmacies
KW - travel
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-the-american-pharmacists-association
U2 - 10.1016/j.japh.2023.06.013
DO - 10.1016/j.japh.2023.06.013
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 37354940
SN - 1544-3191
VL - 63
SP - 1500
EP - 1503
JO - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
JF - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
IS - 5
ER -
