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
JUAN MIGUEL PEÑALVER GONZALEZ, EVA MARIA ROBLES BLAZQUEZ, MARINA MARTINEZ DE GUZMAN
The possibility of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has required substantial changes in protocols and workflows, including those related to the use of medications.
The objective is to develop an action protocol to be followed against drugs that may have been in contact with patients suspected of COVID-19 infection in our hospital.
1-Anticipation of risk of cross contamination: it must be ensured that the drugs of suspected COVID-19 patients are not handled together with the rest of the medication.
2-Decrease in traffic and limit cross contamination:
– Temporarily increase the stock of medicines in the medicine cabinets to decrease the frequency of restocking.
– Dispense only the medications necessary to minimize the volume of items returned to the Pharmacy.
– Store medications in multiple containers with fewer doses per container to minimize tactile contamination of the container when removing medications. To do this, after reviewing the inventory reports, drugs that are not used are withdrawn to make room for drugs with more movement.
– Do not use the same storage box for >1 drug, thus reducing cross contamination from other stocks.
3-Safe storage of critical items: place drugs with high demand, scarcity or that require stricter control in drawers with greater supervision and periodic inventory.
4-Security policy for returns: unused medications are placed in a plastic bag labeled with the date and sent to the Pharmacy, where they are stored in a safe place and separate from the rest of the medication. After at least 3 days, the viability of any possible SARS-CoV-2 virus will be eliminated from their surfaces (ISMP-N van Doremalen et al. 2020). It is not allowed to return multi-dose vials, single-dose or multi-dose formulations (creams, eye drops, syrups) of medications that have been in the room of the suspected COVID-19 patient.
5-When handling drugs in the plant, professionals should follow a “clean hands” approach, performing hand hygiene before and after accessing the drug.
An action protocol is agreed with the Nursing Directorate; it is pending approval in the next few days and the circuit will be simulated.
Limitations: After several months on alert for COVID-19, there have been no cases in our hospital. However, said action measures will be in force in any case of alert.
This circuit and measures are easily applicable to Pharmacy Services of other hospitals with a higher incidence of COVID-19 infection than ours.
Likewise, this protocol is valid for any other infectious agent that may appear in the future.
