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New Opportunities: The Strategic Benefits of Sterile Compounding for Retail Pharmacies

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Thursday June 13, 2024

How Can You Benefit From Sterile Compounding for Retail Pharmacies? There are numerous reasons why a pharmacy might benefit from entering the realm of sterile compounding. This practice offers a strategic opportunity for retail pharmacies to differentiate themselves in a competitive market, address the evolving needs of patients, and contribute to improved healthcare outcomes. Revenue […]

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SERIALIZATION, TRACK & TRACE AND COUNTERFEIT DRUGS: A DETAILED OVERVIEW

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Saturday January 28, 2023

How counterfeit drugs effect pharmacuticals Challenges posed by counterfeit drugs to the pharmaceutical industry have affected the market share and raised health concerns among health professionals, Legislators, and suppliers. Internet marketing plays a pivotal role in dominating fake drugs over genuine ones. In addition, at various levels of the supply chain processes, high prospects of

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Mastering Sterile Compounding: Essential Skills for Pharmacy Technicians

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Wednesday March 17, 2021

Importance of mastering sterile compounding skills The importance of mastering sterile compounding skills cannot be overstated. When it comes to preparing medications, there is no room for error. Even the slightest contamination can have serious consequences for patients. By mastering sterile compounding skills, pharmacy technicians can ensure that medications are prepared in a sterile and

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Developing an Effective Compounding Strategy

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Wednesday February 24, 2021

Developing an effective 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 with

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Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs

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Wednesday February 17, 2021

Although most pharmacy personnel will say that the highest risk of exposure to hazardous drugs is during the compounding process, we feel that there is an even greater risk of exposure to hazardous materials during shipping and receiving. Under the current regulations as well as the upcoming USP <800> the hazardous materials are usually ordered

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Exposure to Hazardous Materials during Shipping and Receiving

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Wednesday December 16, 2020

Whether isolator or cleanroom-based working areas, if we’re talking about both sterile and hazardous sterile preparations we recognize the first source of Exposure To Hazardous Materials . The first known is actually outside of the cleanroom and is the pre-cleaning station. In the hazardous drug area, we like to see packages from shipping and receiving brought

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Sterile Compounding USP 797 Solutions

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Wednesday October 14, 2020

Sterile compounding is an essential element of patient care. Hospitals and clinics need to evaluate the best way to optimize care and meet regulatory and safety requirements while managing the costs of these important medicines. Our team of experts can help you evaluate external sources and the opportunity and requirements of insourcing this critical

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Regulation for Compounding Aseptic Isolators

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Wednesday September 23, 2020

Prominently featured in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, a barrier isolator creates an aseptic environment for compounding parenteral (injectable), ophthalmic, and inhaled medications. Due to the significant risk posed by microbiological contamination, the critical area where the compounding takes place requires protection beyond that of a typical laboratory glovebox. Since the first publication of USP’s General

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Revised 503 b compounding pharmacy guidance

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Tuesday September 15, 2020

According to the Federal Register Notice that announced the 503 b compounding pharmacy revision (here), the FDA notes that “This revised draft guidance reflects the FDA’s intent to recognize the differences between outsourcing facilities and conventional drug manufacturers and to tailor CGMP requirements to the nature of the specific compounding operations conducted by outsourcing facilities

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Basic Cleanroom Protocol

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Tuesday September 15, 2020

Most of the typical cleanroom protocols are based on the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (IEST) recommended practices for contamination control and the ISO 14644 series of international standards for cleanrooms and associated controlled environments. The focal point of any protocol program is to protect the integrity of the cleanroom, the products, and processes

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