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This study assessed the personal use of protective equipment and the difficulties they encounter during the day-to-day service of the staff working in free pharmacies during the COVID-19 period (the professional manager pharmacist, second pharmacist, stage pharmacist, pharmacy technician and pharmacist) and the difficulties they encounter when working with these equipment. The work was applied to 405 staff located in a metropolitan region and working in free pharmacies. The survey was created by researchers with 44 identifying questions. The survey was carried out face-to-face by taking the necessary measures towards COVID-19. All analyses were made using SPSS (version 22). 94,07 percent of free pharmacy employees were found to use only surgical masks, 3.95 percent used only N95 masks and 1.98 percent used both. Participants use at least one protective equipment an average of 9.6 hours a day and an average of 5.9 days a week. Furthermore, 98.52 percent of participants find the size of the personal protective equipment they use appropriate, while 86.42 percent believe that the equipment is protective against COVID-19 and 86.91 percent believe it prevents the risk of infection. On the other hand, participants renew the mask 3 times a day on average, and 62.47% said that the mask does not affect the working skills. 26.42% of those who claim that the mask affects their skills believe it affects their speech skills. In addition, the personal protective equipment used has come to the conclusion that the pharmacy staff does not cause negative symptoms such as headache, asthma, depression, anxiety, skin problems, loss of motivation, stress, and that the staff is used to work with these equipment.

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