[Community pharmacists are also first aid actors. Results of the survey on unscheduled care in pharmacies in the Grand Est region].

Introduction: According to the Public Healthcare Code, contributing to primary care is one of the pharmacist's key missions. Accessibility without appointment and the territorial network of pharmacies make the pharmacist an essential player in the management of unscheduled care, which remains an important gateway for users into the primary care system. This type of requests, daily in pharmacies, has not been yet the subject of a qualitative or quantitative evaluation.

Assessment of Patient Knowledge, Awareness, and Adherence in Heart Failure in a Real-Life Setting: Insights from Data Acquired in Pharmacies.

Background: Patient knowledge is crucial for managing and/or monitoring patients with heart failure (HF). However, "real-life" evidence of knowledge level and awareness in HF is yet to be explored. We assessed unselected HF patients' knowledge and awareness in a pharmacy setting.

Community pharmacists' views on their current role and future opportunities for antibiotic stewardship: a French qualitative study.

Background: Different healthcare professionals should contribute to antibiotic stewardship (ABS) activities. Involvement of community pharmacists (CPs) has been little explored worldwide to date.

Objectives: To explore French CPs' views on ABS and antibiotic resistance, their role and current practices, and future opportunities for ABS.

Effect of patient-led cooperative follow-up by general practitioners and community pharmacists on osteoporosis treatment persistence.

Aim: Osteoporosis is a major risk factor for fractures. Poor persistence with osteoporosis medication hampers outcomes. This study assessed whether encouraging the formation of patient-led follow-up cooperatives between general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists improved medication persistence.

Rapid antigen test use for the management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in community pharmacies.

Despite group A streptococci being an infrequent cause of pharyngitis in adult outpatients, sore throat remains a common indication for antibiotic prescription. This prospective multicentre non-randomised study describes a community pharmacy-based antimicrobial stewardship intervention consisting in the implementation of rapid antigen testing (RAT) for the management of adults with sore throat. Trained pharmacists triaged patients presenting with symptoms of pharyngitis using the modified Centor score.