• María Luisa Torijano Casalengua, Cecilia Calvo Pita, and José Ángel Maderuelo-Fernández.
• Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM), Castilla-La Mancha, España; Grupo de Trabajo de Seguridad del Paciente de semFYC, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: marisatorijano@gmail.com.
• Aten Primaria. 2021 Dec 1; 53 Suppl 1: 102223.

AbstractThe third Global Patient Safety Challenge, Medication Without Harm, was launched in 2017 by the World Health Organization with the goal of reducing the already well-known severe preventable medication-related harm by 50% over the next 5 years. Nothing suggested that, two years later, the world would suffer a terrible pandemic, which has been a much greater challenge than the aforementioned one and that would put it to test from the first stages of the medication use process. The rapid pace imposed by the pandemic has created new risks in the use of medication in those affected by COVID-19 and in the population due to organizational changes in the provision of health care in health services. Therefore, prudent prescribing is becoming more important than ever in health systems. This article aims to analyze the main risks produced during the pandemic period and offer Primary Care professionals an update and a reminder of the main aspects related to the safety use of medications.Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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