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.
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.
Self-Assessment
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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.
Catch up with EAHP’s press releases
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.
When EAHP and Hospital pharmacists appear in the news.
EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
Sponsor Channel
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.
Education and Research
María Mar Alañón Pardo, Sacramento Corral Vinuesa, Raúl Pérez Serrano, Isabel Benet Giménez, Alfonso Ambrós Checa, Álvaro Díaz Castro, Miguel Ángel García Cabezas, Élida Vila Torres, Carmen Encinas Barrios, Marta Rodríguez Martínez
Acute intoxications cause significant morbidity-mortality worldwide, and their rapid treatment is vital.
APP-Antídotos is the first free Spanish mobile application for toxicology research, designed to facilitate immediate access to relevant information on antidote applications in toxicological emergencies.
The “Antídotos” application for mobile devices (APP) was developed by our Departments of Pharmacy, Emergencies, Intensive Medicine and Paediatrics to facilitate consultations by healthcare professionals on the pharmacological treatment of the most frequent acute intoxications in our setting.
The APP contains toxicological data from the “Antidote Guidelines” developed in our third-level university hospital, based on primary (drug information sheets, original scientific articles), secondary (Medline results, using “antidotes”, “poisoning”, “hospital pharmacy department” and “guideline” as search terms) and tertiary (toxicology databases) sources of information.
The Pharmacy Department was responsible for the graphic design, structural development and programming of the APP for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) with Android or IOS9 operating systems, which could be downloaded free from Google Play or Apple Store.
APP-Antídotos is organized in 31 chapters on different types of intoxication and their definition, mechanism and symptoms, with recommendations on antidotes and references. It is structured in seven sections: “Information”, “Intoxication index”, “Antidote index” (37 antidotes), “Toxin index”(>240 toxins), “Notes”, “See Antidote Book in PDF” and “Telephone for Toxicological Emergencies”.
Between April and August 2016, users downloaded 2091 installations from Google Play (72.5%-Android) and Apple Store (27.5%-iOS9); 73.6% of devices were smartphones and 26.4% tablets.
The APP was downloaded from Android in Spain, 55.8%; Brazil, 5.7%; India, 5.5%; Columbia, 4.3%, Mexico, 4.0%; Ecuador, 2.7%; others, 22.0%. The distribution by language/country was: Spanish/Spain, 60.2%; Spanish/USA, 11.1%; English/USA, 7.9%; Portuguese/Brazil, 5.0%; English/UK, 4.7%; Spanish/Mexico, 1.2%; others, 9.9%. The geographic distribution of iOS9 installations was: Europe, 90.5%; Latin-America/Caribbean, 5.9%; USA/Canada, 1.4%; Africa/Middle-East/India, 0.4%, Asia/Pacific, 1.8%.
Mean user evaluations were 4.6 (Android) and 5.0 (iOS9) stars (maximum of 5 stars).
Fifty-four publications were found on social networks (48.2%-Facebook, 51.8%-Twitter), 444 shares, 1094 “I like” and 1045 video plays.
The APP will be regularly updated by the authors taking user suggestions into account, and it will be translated into English to extend its reach to other healthcare.
