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
SILCC
Closed SIGs
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.
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
MELINDA LITAO, HANY ELATROUSH , KHATHLEEN ESER, ARWA AFANA, AHMED BAIBRAHIM, JAYSON DE JUZMAN, BAYAN RAMBO, DERI PASCUAL, MA ENCARNACION DELOS ANGELES, MANAL SALLAM, MALIK KHUWAJA
STAT orders have always been a priority, however there are some areas which require some modification in the workflow to attain higher efficiency and to increase the percentage of STAT IV medicines, meeting the goal of being ready within 30 minutes.
A set of quality improvement interventions to increase the percentage of STAT IV medicines, meeting the goal of being ready within 30 minutes.
This was a pre-post study in a government hospital between January and September 2018. LEAN and FOCUS-PDCA models were implemented to design the process of improvement. A medication-tracking system (MedBoard) was used to collect the data to measure the number of STAT IV medicines ready within 30 minutes. Data was also collected from the number of phone calls and faxes received from the day procedure unit (DPU) and home health care unit (HHC).
The cumulative data showed an increase in the percentage of STAT IV medicines being ready by 7%, equivalent to 707 orders per month (90% vs 97%), a reduction in the number of phone calls by 87.5% (48 vs six calls per day) and fax by 100% from the DPU and HHC units, which means that implementing the set of interventions were associated with an increase in percentage of STAT IV medicines being ready within 30 minutes. Additionally, there was a significant decrease in the number of phone calls and faxes, which allowed pharmacists to focus more on STAT IV orders.
Since the hospital pharmacy receives numerous orders on a day-to-day basis, this will facilitate prioritisation during the entire process. This aligns with the hospital goal of attaining ‘zero harm’, and is therefore a good example of good practice in a hospital setting. The use of Medboard in tracking medications and monitoring performance can be applied to allow any healthcare setting to ensure that goals are reached, and performance is maintained at the highest level. Designing a list of eligible medications that can be ordered as STAT can be used as a guide to avoid the abuse of STAT orders and can help in prioritising order preparation in the STAT IV room.
