EAHP represents over 29,000 hospital pharmacists across 36 member countries. EAHP represents and develops the hospital pharmacy profession within Europe in order to ensure the continuous improvement of care and outcomes for patients in the hospital setting. This is achieved through science, research, education, practice, as well as sharing best-practice and responsibility with other healthcare professionals.
The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
The EAHP staff supports the Board in executing EAHP’s mission. The Staff assists in financial management, events organisations, policy activities and all EAHP projects. The EAHP staff works closely with EAHP’s members and ensures the effective communication all relevant stakeholders.
The first member countries were Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and The Netherlands in 1972. EAHP has now 36 EAHP members and 2 Associate Members. EAHP is open to countries members of the Council of Europe and since 2022 to organisations representing the interests of hospital pharmacists from outside the Council of Europe (Associate Membership)
EAHP’s structure is also composed by different standing committes: EAHP Scientific Committee, EAHP Education Executive Committee and the EAHP CTF Steering Committee.
At EAHP, we are committed to transparency in our governance, ethical standards, and funding practices. This section provides open access to our foundational documents, including the EAHP Statutes, Code of Conduct, and Funding Sources. By sharing these resources, we aim to uphold accountability and foster trust with our members, partners, and the public.
Keep up with all EAHP’s events and webinars. Contact the team at info@eahp.eu should you have any questions about upcoming events or activities.
Here you can find all upcoming events organised by EAHP and by all its members and associate members. Do not hesitate to contact the events team at events@eahp.eu should you have any questions about the organisation of these events.
Hospital pharmacists conduct a critical role in the care of patients in hospitals. Learn more about what they do here and in all the pages under Hospital Pharmacy practice and Policy.
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EAHP brings together experts from many areas of hospital pharmacy practice providing and highlighting good local sustainable practices as that can be up-scaled and shared with other countries. The EAHP Working Group on Sustainability has the aim of reducing the environmental burden of the hospital pharmacy services.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), and its 36 member country platforms are creating a Common Training Framework for the hospital pharmacy education in Europe. The goal of this project is to allow the free movement of hospital pharmacists within the European Union.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) have collaboratively developed the Oath to Society. The Oath to Society is all encompassing and acts as a contract for excellence in providing compassionate patient care, working as part of the healthcare team and advancing the pharmacy profession, and showcasing how clinical and hospital pharmacists work every day
A day created to highlight the importance and to celebrate the work done by hospital pharmacies. This day celebrates all hospital pharmacy teams.
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Find all EAHP relevant publication like the EAHP Surveys, annual reports and the history books.
The European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (EJHP) is the only official journal of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and is committed to advancing the science, practice and profession of hospital pharmacy. As the premier communication platform for hospital pharmacists worldwide, EJHP is a major source for continuing education as well as updates on advances in the practice and standard of pharmaceutical care for patients.
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EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
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The Sponsor Channel is designed to maximise visibility and engagement, allowing sponsors to connect with the hospital pharmacy community and partners in a dynamic and interactive environment. From product demonstrations to networking sessions, the Sponsor Channel offers a range of opportunities for sponsors to showcase their offerings and generate leads in the new EAHP Website.
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
M. T. Barrera, O. Carrascosa, P. Madrid, A. Aguado, R. Martínez , N. Argüello, E. Cuellar, M. Vela, C. Jimenez, S. Payan, O. Sánchez
Lack of stock delays medication administration by nurses. This situation also generates hospital warden displacements to Pharmacy Service and telephone interruptions of Pharmacy technicians’ work. The main aim was to amend stock lack management to improve patient security during medication preparation and administration. The secondary objectives were: reduce interruptions of other health professionals and automate warehouse exits, avoiding errors of manual updating of Pharmacy stock.
This tool is part of “Safe Medication Administration in Hospitalization/Avoid Interruptions” project. A “button” was included in the nursing administration view of the electronic prescription programme, which when activated automatically generates a request to the Pharmacy Service for a dose of required medication. Hospital Information Systems were contacted for the design. All requests generated during the administration of medication were automatically received in Pharmacy Service. They were grouped by plant, listed, deducted from stock and dispensed at the agreed times.
The tool was developed by Hospital Information Systems, in collaboration with nursing, and staff training was carried out for correct handling of the tool. Also, medication dispensing schedules were agreed with the hospital warden. 15 days before tool implementation, the Pharmacy Service analysed all medication requests made from hospitalisation. Data collected were: plant and shift requested, reason, existence of pattern, requested medication, requested units, notice to auxiliaries to collect medication. After the first week of implementation, the same assessment of requests was made during the same period to compare and evaluate the impact of this tool implementation.
When both periods were compared, prescribed medication requests decreased from 198 to 15, this difference being statistically significant (Fisher’s exact test p=0.008). This difference meant significant reduction of interruptions in Pharmacy technicians’ daily work. Requests reasons were lack of dose in 43.4% (n=95) of cases, immediate prescriptions in 29.2% (n=64) of cases and treatment change in 20.5% (n=45) of cases. 29.2% of all requested medications belonged to the antimicrobial and antiviral group. 62% (n=135) of the total requests were received in the morning shift. Hospital warden displacements were significantly reduced when comparing both periods from 102 to 3 (Chi square test, p=0.006). This meant a significant reduction in interruptions in hospital warden work. It has been possible to standardise and improve efficiently nursing management of medication stock lack.
The incidents technical improvement is pending, as well as training of new nursing staff. It is possible to implement this tool in all hospital units that have electronic prescription.
