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Table 2 Services to be provided by pharmacists in the primary hospitals

From: Establishing and evaluating physician-pharmacist collaborative clinics to manage patients with type 2 diabetes in primary hospitals in Hunan province: study protocol of a multi-site randomized controlled trial in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

Pharmacists’ services

Details

Methods

Diabetes education

â–¡ Disease introduction

â–¡ Control target of blood glucose

â–¡ The types and principles of hypoglycemic agents

â–¡ Self-monitoring of blood glucose

â–¡ Educate patients of diabetes management in the collaborative clinic. The knowledge will be printed out and given to patients for home study

Medication guidance

â–¡ The importance of medication adherence

â–¡ Administration methods(oral & injection medication)

â–¡ Administration timing

â–¡ The injection technique of insulin

â–¡ Drug-drug interaction

â–¡ Drug storage

â–¡ Create a WeChat group with all the enrolled patients in, and pharmacists will share diabetes knowledge periodically

Lifestyle intervention

â–¡ Exercise

â–¡ Diet

â–¡ Educate patients in the collaborative clinic

â–¡ Help patients make a healthy lifestyle plan

ADR * & complications identification and treatment

â–¡ Recognition and prevention of hypoglycemia

â–¡ Identification and processing of complications of diabetes

â–¡ Identification and processing of ADR

â–¡ Educate patients in the collaborative clinic

â–¡ Call the pharmacist if an emergency event occurs

  1. PS: ADR Adverse drug reaction