Impactos da pandemia da COVID-19 na dispensação de medicamentos pela assistência farmacêutica da regional de Pirapora

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has demanded, from the public authorities, the adoption of emergency sanitary measures, aiming to reduce the contagion and preserve the population's health. These measures demand the participation of the entire health system at its different levels (municipal, state and federal), since severalregulatory changes affect the dispensing of medicines and the functioning of pharmacies. In this perspective, this article aims to describe the flexibility and adequacy measures adopted by the Coordination of Pharmaceutical Assistance (CAF) of the Regional Health Management of Pirapora, during the pandemic caused by Covid-19, based on the laws of the Ministry of Health, Minas Gerais State Department of Health and the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa). This is a descriptive case study with a qualitative approach and documentary analysis. The results show that the emergency measures adopted subsidized the reorganization of the CAF service processes of the Regional Management of Pirapora, in order to minimize the agglomeration and exposure of users,promote social distance and hygiene measures within pharmacies, contributing to the reduction of the risk of spreading and contagion of the virus that causes Covid-19 among users and server.