Monday, August 29, 2005

Hospital pharmacists commended for their effective response to terror attack in London

The following article has been published in the "The Pharmaceutical Journal", Vol 275, No 7358 p71, 16 July 2005 (http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20050716/news/p71terrorattack.html). We thing that it's of a great interest, so we copy it here in ehpb.

"Hospital pharmacists have been praised for the way in which they responded to last week’s terrorist attack in London.

John Farrell, head of pharmacy at the Royal Free Hospital, said that the pharmacy departments at the Royal Free, Whittington and University College hospitals had been commended in a post-disaster review for their responsiveness in supplying medicines needed to discharge patients to make beds available for victims of the explosions.

Pharmacy really did deliver,” Mr Farrell said. “We were planning for up to 500 victims at the Royal Free Hospital.”

Mr Farrell also praised the response of AAH and Travenol, who provided additional emergency supplies. IV fluids were flown by helicopter to Epping Forest and then delivered to hospitals under police escort.

As a result of lessons learnt from the emergency, stocks of ketamine and hepatitis B and tetanus vaccines are to be increased.

Victims of the three explosions on underground trains and another on a bus were taken to the Royal London, University College, Royal Free, Whittington and St Mary’s hospitals, with The Royal London Hospital receiving the largest number.

Charles Tugwell, principal pharmacist responsible for co-ordinating the pharmacy response at The Royal London Hospital, said: “Staff in the pharmacy department worked as an excellent team throughout the day during which well over 200 casualties were treated.”

The immediate response was to make sure that a full clinical pharmacy service was provided to the A&E department. Within 20 minutes, many staff were on the wards helping to clear beds by decanting or discharging patients, Mr Tugwell said.

Staff remaining in the pharmacy department arranged emergency supplies of drugs, while others made sure that the needs of operating theatres, the intensive therapy unit, and other emergency areas, as well as the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, were predicted and responded to."

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Hospital Pharmacy Europe now on line!


Hospital Pharmacy Europe, the journal from Campden Publishing (http://www.campden.com) is now available as an online magazine (http://www.campden.com/default.asp?ptid=3&pid=3&pgid=1).

Hospital Pharmacy Europe delivers a wide range of up-to-date information critical to the practice of today's pharmacists and prescribing clinicians.Hospital Pharmacy Europe is specifically designed to deliver a wide range of up-to-the-minute information critical to the practice of today’s hospital pharmacist …
• Bulletin – Coverage of the latest news and research, including in-depth news reviews and comment from opinion-leaders
• Regulars – Including conference reports and book reviews. Each issue contains topical articles written by leading hospital pharmacists and clinicians from across Europe ...
• Clinical reviews – Examining trends in disease management and innovations in drug therapy that are likely to have a significant impact on hospital pharmacy practice.
• Policy & practice – Developments in European healthcare policy and changes to hospital pharmacy practice.
• Technology update – Automation and information technology play an increasingly important part in the hospital setting. Hospital Pharmacy Europe provides information on the key advances.

Clinical Pharmacy Europe. Coming soon...in October 2005


A new journal is going to be published from the Campden Publishing (http://www.campden.com/).

The editor comments that:
Clinical Pharmacy Europe will be the first journal to address the ever expanding responsibility of today’s European Clinical Pharmacist.
Clinical Pharmacy Europe will promote and expertly comment on the safe and effective use of medicines in all clinical settings.
Clinical Pharmacy Europe editorial content will cover:
• Clinical reviews – key clinical topics, innovations in clinical pharmacy services, and critical medicines safety issues. All articles include value-added ‘extras’ such as useful contacts, related websites and links, and recommended literature and other resources.
• Cost benefit analysis – In-depth examinations of drugs efficacy against relative costs
• Short papers and reports – a platform for clinical pharmacists to communicate at an international level and to share ideas and experiences through well-structured reports.
• ‘Europe wide’ – A cutting edge dissection of clinical pharmacy practice across European countries
• Key news stories – Extensive coverage of the issues of the day, including a round-up of the latest research and in-depth news features on hot topics with comment from key opinion leaders.
• Book reviews - comment from experts on new publications.
• Plus … opinion-leading editorial comment, regular and guest columnists, reviews of new resources, and details of international courses and events

Friday, August 19, 2005

Future congresses

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
http://www.fip.org/
FIP 65th Annual Congress
2 - 8 September 2005
Cairo, Egypt
http://www.fip.org/cairo2005/


European Society of Clinical Pharmacy
http://www.escpweb.org/site/cms/
34th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy
26-29 October 2005
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.associationhq.com/escp/amsterdam/


International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
http://www.ispor.org/
ISPOR 8th Annual European Congress
6-8 November 2005,
Palazzo Degli Affari, Florence, Italy
http://www.ispor.org/congresses/italy1105/index.asp


European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
http://www.eahponline.com/
11th Congress of the EAHP
22 - 24 March 2006
Palexpo Congress Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.eahponline.com/asp/congress.asp?m=5

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

The new issue of EJHP is ready!

The new issue (Year 2005 Issue 4) of the EJHP -European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy- is ready as you can see in the website of EAHP - European Association of Hospital Pharmacists- (http://www.eahponline.com)

In the contents you can find the "Cover story" "New drug developments in haemato-oncology"
http://www.eahponline.com/asp/practice.asp?m=4&s=2&c=no&offset=5

In this issue the "Country focus" is dedicated to Greece:)
http://www.eahponline.com/asp/practice.asp?m=4&s=2&year=2005&nr=4

Also, the EJHP SCIENCE JOURNAL is ready (Year 2005 Issue 3) in the address:
http://www.eahponline.com/asp/science.asp?m=4&s=3&year=2005&nr=3

It's a great issue!

Friday, August 12, 2005

Where are the codes?

I have a problem. Any time I try to find the ATC code of a drug, I have to search the Google adding the active substance of the medication and the word ATC to find it. A colleague of mine told me that if I want the complete list from WHO I have to pay to buy it!!!

I found the following addresses in order to answer my question: "where are the codes?"

http://www.dimdi.de/dynamic/de/klassi/downloadcenter/

In this address there are more files, like the:

ICD-10-GM (SGB-V-Adaption) Version 2005
OPS Version 2005
ICD-10-WHO Version 2005
ATC/DDD Version 2005
ICD-9 ICD-6 ICD-8
UMDNS/GMDN Version 1.1 Version 1.0
ICF final draft 2004

http://www.dimdi.de/dynamic/de/klassi/downloadcenter/atc-ddd/version2005/atcddd_2005.pdf
http://www.msupply.org.nz/files/atc_alphabetical.pdf
http://www.msupply.org.nz/files/atc_categories.pdf

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

BlogCatalog - Submission Approved

European Hospital Pharmacy Blog was successfully added to the directory http://www.blogcatalog.com

So, everyone can now reach our blog from this powerful engine:)

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Antibiotic resistance rises in European regions

There is an article in the “The Pharmaceutical Journal”, Vol 274, No 7337, p199, 19 February 2005,
http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20050219/news/p199antibiotic.html

concerning the antibiotic resistance in Europe. As we can read in this article, antibiotic resistance is less common in northern Europe than it is in southern or eastern Europe, probably because antibiotics are used less widely in the north.

So suggests new research from the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*ESAC2

In this website there is also an interactive database
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*ESAC2&n=22182
from where we can extract the data for the various European countries, like the following figure.




Researchers compared the extent of antibiotic prescribing in primary care in 26 European countries by calculating the defined daily dose (DDD) of antibiotic per inhabitant. This was compared with levels of antibiotic resistance in each country.


Another article comes from the “drugresearcherhttp://www.drugresearcher.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=58023-antibiotic-resistance-rises

with the title “Antibiotic resistance rises in European regions”

In this article the author stated that “High rates of antibiotic resistance in South and East Europe are higher than in northern Europe because the regions have high rates of antibiotic use, according to a study published in this week’s issue of The Lancet”.

This article came also from the ESAC (European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption)
Antibiotic use was compared with antibiotic resistance rates in 26 European countries from the beginning of 1997 to the end of 2002. To control for the different population sizes the investigators expressed data in defined daily dose per 1000 inhabitants daily (DID).

The study found that prescription rates in Europe varied greatly with France having the highest rate (32.2 DID) and Netherlands having the lowest (10.0 DID). Across Europe antibiotic use was lower in northern, moderate in eastern and higher in southern regions.

The role of the Hospital Pharmacists in this area is obvious!

Monday, August 01, 2005

Country Focus from the EJHP - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

My favourite journal is the EJHP - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy http://www.eahponline.com/asp/ejhp.asp?m=4.

This journal is published by the EAHP -European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (http://www.eahponline.org).

In each issue there is a special article/s under the name “Country Focus” and these are the articles I read first of all. Many times I have to remember what is happening in various European countries in a specific area of Hospital Pharmacy and I have to find the corresponding issue of the journal. So, I decided to gather all the links from the journal, concerning my favourite articles from the “Country Focus” and now I can read my article directly from the website of the journal.

And here they are, the links for the following countries (according the date of their appearance in the "country focus" section of the EJHP:

FRANCE, NORWAY, ITALY, HUNGARY, NETHERLANDS, SWISS, SWEDEN, GERMANY, SPAIN, SLOVENIA, DENMARK, BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, UNITED KINGDOM, SLOVAKIA, PORTUGAL, FINLAND


FRANCE

Country Focus France
Year: 2002; Nr: 1; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p42+43.pdf

Country Focus France
Year: 2002; Nr: 1; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p35-40.pdf


NORWAY

Country Focus Norway
Year: 2002; Nr: 2; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/43to49.pdf


ITALY

SIFO, the Italian national association representing the interests of hospital pharmacy and pharmaceutical services
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p40-41.pdf

The Italian health system: origins and perspectives
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p37-38.pdf

Caught between regionalisation and cost containment Where do the cost/effectiveness boundaries lie for the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale?
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p44a48.pdf

European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Annual Congress 2003, 26 – 28 February, Florence, Italy
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Arnold G. Vulto;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p50-51(1).pdf

Florence, a city of history and elegance
Year: 2003; Nr: 1; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p52a54.pdf


HUNGARY

Hungarian country focus
Year: 2003; Nr: 2; Category: Others; Author: Thomas Friedrich;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p32a35.pdf


NETHERLANDS

The Dutch approach to medication safety
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p52.pdf

The Netherlands Hospital Pharmacy - an introduction
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p43-45.pdf

Bridging the gap between back-office skills and patient-oriented pharmacy: practice and tradition of Dutch hospital pharmacy
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Mathieu M. Tjoeng, Robert J. Moss;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p46.pdf

The medicines policy in the Netherlands
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p50-51.pdf

Pharmaceutical care in Dutch hospitals
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: L.A. van den Bemt;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p56.pdf

The hospital pharmacist and immunotherapeutic clinical trials
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: A.R. Wafelman;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p57.pdf

Hospital pharmacists recognised by the authorities as specialists
Year: 2003; Nr: 3; Category: Others; Author: Eric W. Ackerman;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p58-59.pdf


SWISS

Emphasis on Personal Responsibility / The Swiss Health System
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Christiane von Ludwig;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P51.pdf

The GSASA / Professional Association of Swiss Public Health Administration and Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Dr.Enea Martinelli;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P52-53.pdf

The Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industry
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad & Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P54-55(1).pdf

Swissmedic: the Swiss Institute of Therapeutic Products
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/56.pdf

Interview with Dr Klaus-Jorg Dogwiler, Director of Swissmedic
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P58.pdf

The pharmaceutical market within Switzerland
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P59.pdf

The Swiss medicines pricing policy
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/60-61.pdf

Relations between the European Union and Switzerland in the pharmaceutical area
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: Helicia Herman;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P63.pdf

A Working Day in Hospital
Year: 2003; Nr: 4; Category: Others; Author: J.-Ph.Reymond;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/P64.pdf


SWEDEN

User Fees for Health Care in Sweden A two-tier threat or a tool for solidarity?
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Johan Hjertqvist;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p47-4%5B1%5D(1).pdf

Hospital pharmacy in Sweden
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Astrid Forsstrom, Birgitta Seiving;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B1%5D.pdf

Sweden - healthcare in transition
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Astrid Forsstrom,Birgitta Seiving;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B2%5D.pdf

The Swedish Society for Hospital Pharmacy
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Astrid Forsstrom, Birgitta Seiving;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B4%5D.pdf

Changing attitudes to generic drugs
Year: 2003; Nr: 5; Category: Others; Author: Judith Hague;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p4%5B3%5D.pdf


GERMANY

Detecting medication errors in order To protect patients
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr.Torsten Hoppe-Tichy;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p65.pdf

Changes imminent in health Insurance sector
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Edgar J. Schmitt;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p51to52(2).pdf

Adka e.v. – german association of Hospital pharmacists Insurance sector
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr. Irene Kramer;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p53to56.pdf

The hospital pharmacy: providing Services on behalf of patients
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr. Irene Kramer;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p57to58.pdf

New financing system for German hospitals
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr.Wolfgang Kammerer;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p60to61.pdf

Studying pharmacy in Germany
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Prof. Roland Ratziwill;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p64(1).pdf

Consultation and integration: the daily routine of a chief pharmacist
Year: 2003; Nr: 6; Category: Others; Author: Dr. H. P. Lipp;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/p66.pdf


SPAIN

Association of Spanish Hospital Pharmacists (SEFH) (www.sefh.es)
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 73; Author: Dr Placido J. Moreno;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p73.pdf

The Spanish health system
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 74 -75; Author: Samy Bouayad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p74to75.pdf

The Educational System for Hospital Pharmacists in Spain
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 76 -77; Author: Francisco Sierra Garcia, Hospital Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p76to77.pdf

A day in a Spanish hospital pharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 78; Author: Jose Javier Marquez Nieves, Farmaceutico de Hospital, Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSpain%20p78.pdf

The benefits of automated dispensing in hospital pharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Cover story; Page: 22 -23; Author: Keith Farrar, Director of Pharmacy, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Ann Slee, Chief Pharmacist, Glan Clwyd Hospital;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/CoverStory%20p22to23.pdf

Bar-coding in action in the hospital pharmacy - a report
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Cover story; Page: 24 -26; Author: Dr. Werner Kittlaus, Director of the Central Pharmacy of the District Hospitals of Munich and Monika Kaniuth, Pharmacist in Training;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/CoverStory%20p24to26.pdf

Automated drug distribution system: the Cromwell Hospital experience
Year: 2004; Nr: 1; Category: Cover story; Page: 27; Author: Dr. Henry McCullagh, BSc(Pharm), MRPharmS, Chief Pharmacist, Cromwell Hospital;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/CoverStory%20p27.pdf


SLOVENIA

Recent changes in the Slovenian health care system
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 52; Author: Mladen Markota;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia1.pdf

Slovenian Association of Hospital Pharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 53; Author: Tajda Miharija Gala;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia2.pdf

New responsibilities, new challenges for hospital pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 54 -55; Author: Tajda Miharija Gala;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia3.pdf

Faculty of pharmacy, Ljubljana: study programmes
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 56; Author: Dr. Mirjana Gasperlin;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia4.pdf

Development of radiopharmacy practise + Individualised preparation of analgesics
Year: 2004; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 57; Author: Tanja Gmeiner Stopar + Monica Sonc;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/FocusSlovenia5.pdf


DENMARK

Hospital Pharmacy Practice in Denmark
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 57 -59; Author: Anne H. Kahns and Gitte Nielsen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/57%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

The Danish Society of Hospital Pharmacy Managers
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 60; Author: Connie Sorensen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/60%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

The Medicines Agency of Danish Regions - manufacturing medicinal products at hospital pharmacies
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 61; Author: Lilly Krogsgaard, M.Sc.Pharm. Assistant Director, Registration Manager, the Medicines Agency of the Danish Regions, Denmark.;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/61%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Patient safety in Denmark: A healthcare system that is learning
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 62; Author: Linda Jeffery;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/62%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Cross sector recommendation lists promoting rational pharmacotherapy
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 63; Author: Nina Egtved Knudsen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/63%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Electronic prescribing in hospitals: the role and responsibility of hospital pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 64; Author: Inger Bjeldbak-Olesen;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/64%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Automatic drug dispensing in Aarhus County - Planning and preparations
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 66 -67; Author: Karen Marie Ostergaard;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/66%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf

Rational pharmacotherapy in daily clinical practice + Continuing education and career development in oncology pharmacy in Denmark
Year: 2004; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 68 -70; Author: Anne Kahns and Dorte Kromann + Hilde Omestad;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/68%20E3%20FocusDenmark.pdf


BELGIUM

Country Focus Belgium (complete). Year: 2004; Nr: 4; Category: Country focus; Page: 45 -56;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/45_56%20E4%20FocusBelgium.pdf


AUSTRIA

The Austrian Health Care System
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 51 -52; Author: Elfriede Dolinar Mag. Pharm.;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p51%20focus.pdf

Hospital Pharmacy in Austria
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 53; Author: Thomas Langebner;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p53%20focus.pdf

The Austrian Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 54; Author: Thomas Langebner;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p54%20focus.pdf

Radiopharmacy
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 56; Author: Dr. Markus Mitterhauser;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p56%20focus.pdf

Postgraduate Specialisation
Year: 2004; Nr: 5; Category: Country focus; Page: 57; Author: Thomas Langebner;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/E5%20p57%20focus.pdf


UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom and the ‘National Health Service’
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 121; Author: Tony West;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/121%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 122; Author: Tony West;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/122%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

Pharmacy in a devolved United Kingdom
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 123 -124; Author: Vilma Gilis;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/123%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

NHS Direct: A fast moving service
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 125 -126; Author: Anne Joshua;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/125%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf

Purchasing safer medicines for the NHS – risk management in pharmaceutical procurement
Year: 2004; Nr: 6; Category: Country focus; Page: 127; Author: Andrew C Alldred;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/127%20focus%20UK%20%20E6.pdf


SLOVAKIA

Hospital pharmacy in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 35 -36; Author: Juraj Sykora, PharmD., PhD;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/035%20Slovakia%202.pdf

The health care system in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 35; Author: Pharm.Dr. Juraj Sykora, PhD and Mgr. Roman Maas;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/035%20Slovakia.pdf

Education and training of pharmacists in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 36; Author: Silvia Szucsova, PhD,Associate Professor;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/036%20Slovakia.pdf

Expenditure on drugs and (diagnostic) medical devices in hospitals in Slovakia
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 37; Author: Pharm.Dr. Juraj Sykora;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/037%20Slovakia.pdf

Cancer care and the extent of use of antineoplastic agents
Year: 2005; Nr: 1; Category: Country focus; Page: 38 -39; Author: Mgr. Roman Maas and Juraj Sykora, PharmD, PhDr
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/038%20Slovakia.pdf


PORTUGAL


The Portuguese health system
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 31; Author: Aida Batista;
>http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/031%20Portugal.pdf

Hospital pharmacy in Portugal
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 32 -33; Author: Hospital pharmacy in Portugal;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/032%20Portugal.pdf

The Portuguese Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 34; Author: Jorge Brochado ;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/034%20Portugal.pdf

5th Congress of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Year: 2005; Nr: 2; Category: Country focus; Page: 36; Author: Antonio Melo Gouveia, PhD;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/036%20Portugal.pdf


FINLAND

Medicines in healthcare in Finland
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 47 -48; Author: Harri Ovaskainen, Marja Airaksinen and Ulla Narhi;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland047.pdf

Hospital pharmacy in Finland
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 49 -50; Author: Marisa Eronen, Jaana Lehtomaki and Merja Nylander;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland049.pdf

Progress in medicines information services
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 52 -53; Author: Raimo Ojala, M.Sc. (Pharm);
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland052.pdf

A pilot electronic prescription system scheme in Helsinki
Year: 2005; Nr: 3; Category: Country focus; Page: 54; Author: Kirsi Niiranen, M. Sc. Pharm.;
http://www.eahponline.org/upload/ejhp/Finland054.pdf

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