[Covid-19: The impact of lockdown on the dispensing of hospital drugs to outpatients].

Introduction: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, France was under lockdown for the first time from March 17 to May 10, 2020.

Purpose Of The Research: The aim of this work is to study the impact of lockdown on outpatients’ visits to the hospital pharmacy to collect chronic medication, in order to highlight the pharmaceutical classes concerned and to assess whether a decrease in medication adherence could be observed.

Method: Retrospectively, using hospital dispensing traceability software, the dispensing of drugs during the eight weeks of lockdown was compared with that during the two eight-week periods before and after lockdown.