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Ensuring compliance with USP

Ensuring compliance with USP Chapters is a significant concern in the field of sterile compounding, particularly for small and rural facilities. This process can be both daunting and expensive, especially when managing multiple large projects simultaneously. The division of focus among these projects poses a risk of negatively impacting the desired end goals. To tackle […]

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Ensuring compliance with USP Chapters is a significant concern in the field of sterile compounding, particularly for small and rural facilities. This process can be both daunting and expensive, especially when managing multiple large projects simultaneously. The division of focus among these projects poses a risk of negatively impacting the desired end goals. To tackle

Developing a Robust Compounding Strategy

  Developing a Robust Compounding Strategy is critical to ensuring patients have access to properly compounded medications, but because each organization’s needs differ, a one-size-fits-all solution cannot be applied to every hospital. A careful evaluation of the institution’s requirements, the available infrastructure for compounding medications in-house, and any registered 503B compounding facilities in the vicinity

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  Developing a Robust Compounding Strategy is critical to ensuring patients have access to properly compounded medications, but because each organization’s needs differ, a one-size-fits-all solution cannot be applied to every hospital. A careful evaluation of the institution’s requirements, the available infrastructure for compounding medications in-house, and any registered 503B compounding facilities in the vicinity

Preventable Workplace Hazards

The degree of danger that pharmacy workers are subject to depends on the kind of pharmacy they work in and its location. Pharmacists can be employed in community-, retail-, and hospital-based pharmacies, among others. Each of these workplace settings brings different hazards that need to be addressed to prevent harm. 1. Biological HazardsContact with patients

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The degree of danger that pharmacy workers are subject to depends on the kind of pharmacy they work in and its location. Pharmacists can be employed in community-, retail-, and hospital-based pharmacies, among others. Each of these workplace settings brings different hazards that need to be addressed to prevent harm. 1. Biological HazardsContact with patients

SOPs for USP Pharmacy

SOPs for USP Pharmacy

Achieving and maintaining SOPs for USP Pharmacy General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings is a continuous effort that requires unremitting attention and maintenance, including staff training, performance review, documentation, and quality improvement efforts. Developing comprehensive policies and procedures (P&Ps) and standard operating procedures (SOPs) is critical to ensuring compliance with the chapter (see TABLE: Recommended

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Achieving and maintaining SOPs for USP Pharmacy General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings is a continuous effort that requires unremitting attention and maintenance, including staff training, performance review, documentation, and quality improvement efforts. Developing comprehensive policies and procedures (P&Ps) and standard operating procedures (SOPs) is critical to ensuring compliance with the chapter (see TABLE: Recommended

Trends in USP Compliance

With less than a year to go until USP <800> becomes enforceable, a significant effort is required for many facilities to achieve compliance with this chapter. For many attaining full compliance will require an investment in facility upgrades, purchases of new PECs, and a renewed focus on staff training. Certainly progress has been made in adopting

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With less than a year to go until USP <800> becomes enforceable, a significant effort is required for many facilities to achieve compliance with this chapter. For many attaining full compliance will require an investment in facility upgrades, purchases of new PECs, and a renewed focus on staff training. Certainly progress has been made in adopting

Can an Isolator still be used without a Cleanroom?

Can an Isolator still be used without a Cleanroom?

Can an Isolator still be used without a Cleanroom? The answer is complicated. Under the current USP 797 guidelines, a compounding aseptic isolator may be used as a substitute for a cleanroom if it is certified to meet ISO 5 under dynamic conditions. Usually, the certifier will conduct particle tests and airflow studies while a

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Can an Isolator still be used without a Cleanroom? The answer is complicated. Under the current USP 797 guidelines, a compounding aseptic isolator may be used as a substitute for a cleanroom if it is certified to meet ISO 5 under dynamic conditions. Usually, the certifier will conduct particle tests and airflow studies while a

Cleanroom Training and Evaluation

As cleanroom experts, we also provide on-site clean room training.   This on-site training can be implemented in several ways. We have done short courses, that largely involves lecture only in as little as one day on-site. Depending on the number of people, a full training and testing class can take as long as two

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As cleanroom experts, we also provide on-site clean room training.   This on-site training can be implemented in several ways. We have done short courses, that largely involves lecture only in as little as one day on-site. Depending on the number of people, a full training and testing class can take as long as two

Cleanrooms and Space Constraints

In the cleanroom world, the space that you are willing to allocate to your clean operations is what you will have for the next couple of years. Making the right decision is hard, costly and requires a lot of thinking before committing to any solution. What we think is the best starting point is deciding

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In the cleanroom world, the space that you are willing to allocate to your clean operations is what you will have for the next couple of years. Making the right decision is hard, costly and requires a lot of thinking before committing to any solution. What we think is the best starting point is deciding

Submit Your Last Comments to USP 797 Revisions

  Next Friday, November 30th, The USP 797 closes for public commenting. There is still plenty of time for more comments to be made. All comments should be submitted via the <797> web page, no later than November 30, 2018. A lot of questions and points were made during the open mic session on the USP

Submit Your Last Comments to USP 797 Revisions Read More »

  Next Friday, November 30th, The USP 797 closes for public commenting. There is still plenty of time for more comments to be made. All comments should be submitted via the <797> web page, no later than November 30, 2018. A lot of questions and points were made during the open mic session on the USP

What are common TPN complications and How to Prevent Them

There are many complications related to the administration of TPN. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN), also known as parenteral nutrition (PN) is a form of nutritional support given completely via the bloodstream, intravenously with an IV pump. Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI), also known as sepsis are the most common TPN complications. During an inspection by the California

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There are many complications related to the administration of TPN. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN), also known as parenteral nutrition (PN) is a form of nutritional support given completely via the bloodstream, intravenously with an IV pump. Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI), also known as sepsis are the most common TPN complications. During an inspection by the California