TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 impact on skills and professional perceptions of the hospital pharmacist during the first outbreak wave JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2021-002765 SP - ejhpharm-2021-002765 AU - Vera Damuzzo AU - Riccardo Bertin AU - Daniele Mengato AU - Marco Chiumente AU - Melania Rivano AU - Angelo Claudio Palozzo Y1 - 2021/04/13 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/12/ejhpharm-2021-002765.abstract N2 - The first COVID-19 outbreak wave has deeply destabilised the global health system, causing sudden changes at different levels and affecting the ordinary activities and skills of hospital pharmacies.1To better understand the consequences of these changes, we carried out a web-based survey collecting information from Italian pharmacist members of SIFaCT (Società Italiana di Farmacia Clinica e Terapia) on the impact of the pandemic on their routine activity. Data were collected between May and June 2020 and were compared in two different groups according to the geographical spread of the infection: pharmacists who worked in severely affected pandemic areas, named ‘High-spread Regions’ (HSR, which included Lombardia, Piemonte, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna) and ‘Low-spread Regions’ (LSR, including all the other regions). The identification of HSR and LSR was performed according to National Health Institute epidemiological data. … ER -