Synopsis
Our last installment highlighted ten practical items that you could act on in short order to help you bring your non-sterile compounding program into regulatory compliance. At this time, we will attempt to achieve the same with sterile compounding in mind. This opportunity affords the average compounding pharmacist who is engaged in sterile operations an opportunity to take stock of those compounding efforts to assure that they are in alignment will all prevailing statutes, rules, and regulations. Remembering that beyond complying with all state regulations applicable, the current official USP General Chapter 1, is the current US standard, and as such must be taken into account.
