Ebola Resurgence: PSN Places Pharmacists on High Alert
Oluchi Chibuzor
As Ebola spreads in some African countries, especially East and Central Africa, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has placed its members on red alert as it issues emergency guidelines to heighten surveillance and strengthen infection prevention measures.
The President of PSN, Ayuba Ibrahim Tanko, said that although the Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has confirmed there are currently no cases of Ebola in Nigeria, however, as frontline healthcare professionals and primary points of care the association makes absolute vigilance imperative.
In advisory guidelines signed by Pate, PSN urged community pharmacies and institutional pharmacy departments across the county to immediately strengthen national biosecurity defenses.
