TY - JOUR T1 - Investigation on cognition of COVID-19 and safety during the pandemic among hospital pharmacy staff JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm SP - e100 LP - e100 DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2020-002314 VL - 27 IS - 6 AU - Yan He AU - Wei Li AU - Dong Liu Y1 - 2020/11/01 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/27/6/e100.abstract N2 - The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) in China at the end of 2019 is now a major global public health issue.1 Hospital pharmacists not only have to deal with the supply and storage of medicines needed for COVID-19, but also have a high risk of infection as frontline positions need to direct contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients or their specimens.This study investigated the hospital pharmacists’ awareness of SARS-CoV-2, treatment and prophylaxis medications for COVID-19, as well as occupational safety during the pandemic. It utilised a mobile phone app-based questionnaire survey, and was carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic from 1–29 February 2020. The study employed licensed registered pharmacists who worked in hospitals. A total of 526 pharmacists completed the questionnaire: 141 males and 385 females, aged 20 … ER -