In spite of the COVID-19 panic among the people of Bangladesh, Pharmacists are working relentlessly to provide medications and providing healthcare services to the people. In such conditions, occupational safety is the prime concern. This cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the risk factors and safety aspects associated with the Pharmacy profession in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey study was carried out using google form as well as sending printed questionnaires from 01 August 2020 to 30 May 2021 through Facebook, WhatsApp, e-mails, messenger, and personal communication among 400 Pharmacists working during COVID-19. Our investigation resulted that Pharmacists worked for more than 8 hours/day (44.40%) in 6 days/ week (47.4%) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations are moderately concerned about the safety issues but most of them (57.90%) provided support to COVID 19 infected employees, working guidelines (51.10%), PPEs to employees. Organizations were found to take moderate precautionary steps, and 42.10% of participants were moderately satisfied with their working environment. Pharmacists were found to be stressed in work during COVID-19 because of infection possibilities to family members (63.90%), personal infection (54.90%), and losing jobs (27.80%), and salary reduction (23.30%). Few respondents (24.1%) received incentives for working in COVID-19 pandemic while 14.3% of respondents’ salary was deducted. The working pharmacists are at risk of getting an infection, psychological stress, loss of jobs, reduction of salary, and lack of proper logistic support and working environment during COVID-19.
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