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.
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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.
Clinical Pharmacy Services
Sabina Hiltbrunner, Dalibor Panis, Jörg Thomas, Eva Bergsträsser, Angela Caduff Good
Opioids are widely used for acute pain management in pediatrics after surgery, for sedation on the intensive care unit, and chronic pain management in palliative care and many other conditions. In some patients, it is necessary to change the opioid during therapy, due to tolerance development or due to side effects. Although conversion tables for adults are well established, they are not readily available for pediatric use.
To simplify the process of opioid rotation in pediatrics, an opioid conversion chart with easily memorable conversion factors was generated.
A literature search was performed to collect conversion factors and equivalent doses of opioids with different application routes. We searched specifically for conversion factors in pediatrics. Except for Oxycodone and Remifentanil, for all other opioids in our chart conversion factors for pediatric patients were found. Data for adults were used for these two substances. For all conversion factors experts confirmed their adequacy for clinical use in pediatrics. The conversion factors were rounded up to whole numbers, which was considered reasonably based on long-term experience in pediatric pain manage-ment.
This conversion chart is now part of a drug information document about opioid dosing in children older than 1 year in our hospital. For every substance, starting doses were set according to www.pediatric-dosages.ch and based on clinical experience. When necessary, details about the therapy with the indi-vidual substance were added. For illustration purposes, a sample calculation of the change from oral Morphine to oral Oxycodone was included.
The immature metabolism in children younger than 1 year makes the opioid action often unpredictable. Therefore we restrict the use of the chart for children older than 1 year and in younger children specialists in pain management should be consulted.
Our opioid conversion chart, with easily memorable conversion factors and starting doses, supports all healthcare professionals in pediatric pain management and may also help to reduce critical incidences due to mistakes in calculation. This is the first time an opioid conversion chart is established for pediatric purpose. Its impact on patient safety has to be shown in the future.
