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<\/p>\nMore than 170 pharmacies in the Balearic Islands will join the network of centers where they can carry out COVID-19 antigen tests and officially notify the Balearic Health Service of the result. This initiative aims to gain in proximity, accessibility and efficient use of resources. This was explained by the Minister of Health and Consumption, Patricia G\u00f3mez, and the president of the College of Pharmacists of the Balearic Islands (COFIB), Antoni Real. Both have signed an agreement for this protocol to be put into operation.<\/p>\n
G\u00f3mez stressed that the agreement and the established procedures are intended to offer an effective, safe service and that, at all times, it will respect personal data exactly as if the person went to a Health Service point to take the test. “Pharmacists are a very involved group and usually give advice to office users. Therefore, we believe that they will do an extraordinary job, which will ease the burden on other Service professionals,” said the minister.<\/p>\n
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Through this agreement, users will be able to purchase the test in pharmacies and pharmacists will be able to offer them the possibility of taking the test in their pharmacy to receive professional advice. The pharmacist will instruct the user to do the test correctly on the spot and interpret the result. He will also assess the symptoms and inclusion criteria in the group of vulnerable people through an interview and filling in the fields of a specific form.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that, before continuing the procedure, the pharmacist must explain the importance of notifying the result to the health system and offer the user the possibility of having the pharmacy take care of it. For this, the patient will have to sign a consent that authorizes the pharmacy to notify the result of the test.<\/p>\n