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Environmental Sampling Test Supplies

USP <797> outlines three risk levels for compounding sterile preparations: low, medium, and high. The risk level is determined based on the likelihood of contamination, the number of manipulations involved in compounding, and the environment in which compounding occurs. For low-risk compounding, which involves aseptic manipulations using only sterile components and equipment, the minimum requirement […]

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USP <797> outlines three risk levels for compounding sterile preparations: low, medium, and high. The risk level is determined based on the likelihood of contamination, the number of manipulations involved in compounding, and the environment in which compounding occurs. For low-risk compounding, which involves aseptic manipulations using only sterile components and equipment, the minimum requirement

Aseptic Enclosures Lunch and Learn Meetings For Your State BOP

Aseptic Enclosures has been traveling across the United States to bring State Boards of Pharmacy the latest updates and innovations for USP 797 and USP 800 compliance while providing lunch for the day! Call us or Live chat us today to schedule your State Board of Pharmacy Lunch and Learn!  Aseptic Enclosures has decades of

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Aseptic Enclosures has been traveling across the United States to bring State Boards of Pharmacy the latest updates and innovations for USP 797 and USP 800 compliance while providing lunch for the day! Call us or Live chat us today to schedule your State Board of Pharmacy Lunch and Learn!  Aseptic Enclosures has decades of

Aseptic Containment Isolator keeps you safer

August 24 2016. Aseptic Enclosures. St. Louis, MO. The purpose of this post is to help you evaluate the type of hood you do your sterile and containment work in. It is our strong contention that much more laboratory work should be done in a class III ACI a.k.a. Glove-box, Isolator, etc. Aseptic Containment Isolator keeps you

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August 24 2016. Aseptic Enclosures. St. Louis, MO. The purpose of this post is to help you evaluate the type of hood you do your sterile and containment work in. It is our strong contention that much more laboratory work should be done in a class III ACI a.k.a. Glove-box, Isolator, etc. Aseptic Containment Isolator keeps you

Hospital Upgrades Cleanroom

The Situation:  A Hospital Upgrades Cleanroom that was not meeting the USP<797> requirements(1) for an ISO class 7 (2) grade cleanroom.  The existing cleanroom was deficient in both Air Changes Per Hour (ACPH) and lacked low wall returns.  The Challenge:   After multiple meetings with pharmacy staff, facilities, maintenance, engineering and architectural, it was determined that

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The Situation:  A Hospital Upgrades Cleanroom that was not meeting the USP<797> requirements(1) for an ISO class 7 (2) grade cleanroom.  The existing cleanroom was deficient in both Air Changes Per Hour (ACPH) and lacked low wall returns.  The Challenge:   After multiple meetings with pharmacy staff, facilities, maintenance, engineering and architectural, it was determined that

First Air principle

The importance of first air principle in aseptic processing and sterile compounding

“First air principle is the last defense against contamination, that’s why The importance of first air principle in aseptic processing and sterile compounding is very high” It can help guard against bad technique being utilized in upstream processes. The USP goes to great lengths to describe first air and unidirectional airflow. Significant testing and airflow

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“First air principle is the last defense against contamination, that’s why The importance of first air principle in aseptic processing and sterile compounding is very high” It can help guard against bad technique being utilized in upstream processes. The USP goes to great lengths to describe first air and unidirectional airflow. Significant testing and airflow

USP 800 policy

USP 800 Policy

USP Publishes Standard on Handling Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings Rockville, Md., February 1, 2016—The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) published today an important new standard as part of a suite of healthcare quality standards included in the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary (USP-NF). USP 800 policy of Hazardous Drugs Management: The new general chapter,  USP

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USP Publishes Standard on Handling Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings Rockville, Md., February 1, 2016—The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) published today an important new standard as part of a suite of healthcare quality standards included in the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary (USP-NF). USP 800 policy of Hazardous Drugs Management: The new general chapter,  USP

Pharmacy Planning and Design with Premier, Inc.

Aseptic Enclosures has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for USP <797> and <800> Pharmacy Planning and Design with Premier, Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company. Effective October 1, 2015, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier. Aseptic Enclosures USP <797> and

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Aseptic Enclosures has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for USP <797> and <800> Pharmacy Planning and Design with Premier, Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company. Effective October 1, 2015, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier. Aseptic Enclosures USP <797> and

Sterile Techniques

Sterile Techniques and Role of Pharmacists and Technicians to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections

Sterile techniques can be defined as a set of specific work practices and procedures performed under carefully controlled conditions with the goal of minimizing the introduction of contamination. USP Chapter <797> emphasizes the important role that compounding personnel play—especially through aseptic technique or how they use their hands—in preventing inadvertent contamination of CSPs during preparation.The

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Sterile techniques can be defined as a set of specific work practices and procedures performed under carefully controlled conditions with the goal of minimizing the introduction of contamination. USP Chapter <797> emphasizes the important role that compounding personnel play—especially through aseptic technique or how they use their hands—in preventing inadvertent contamination of CSPs during preparation.The