Increasing competition and decreasing reimbursement for services provided are driving healthcare organizations to seek innovative value-based, patient-safety focused solutions. Hospitals and ...

Purpose: Using a multiple-step testing medium-risk-level compounding test procedure, the evaluation of two work-practice changes to determine if the changes could effectively reduce the potential for ...

On Nov. 1, the new U.S. Pharmacopoeia standards on sterile and nonsterile compounding will be implemented. Here’s what leaders need to know about USP 795 and USP 797: a. Nonpreserved aqueous dosage ...

Pharmaceutical suites are subject to strict requirements regarding the air supplied to and exhausted from their preparation, storage, and distribution areas. Designing for an appropriate level of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., and INDIANAPOLIS – A Purdue-related startup is developing the first USP 797 certified, virtual pharmacy cleanroom laboratory for students and other industry professionals to gain ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- USP released new and revised standards to help ensure the quality of compounded medicines. The updates pertain to the USP General Chapters on compounding ...

The following article is written by Brian Williamson, PharmD, president & CEO of JCB Laboratories. Dilating patients’ eyes before ophthalmic procedures is quite possibly the most time-consuming part ...

The recent recall of nearly two dozen drugs manufactured by Premier Pharmacy Labs reinforces the importance of the newly updated compounding regulations. But compounding experts worry it may stifle ...

On January 17, FDA issued its opening sally in the new compounding pharmacy enforcement regime by issuing a Warning Letter to Avella of Deer Valley in Phoenix, AZ. The letter is based on a nearly year ...

The division of pharmacy at this institution provides sterile compounding training to employees, including a 20-hour didactic training course to all pharmacists and a 40- hour didactic course to ...