Synopsis
USP General Chapter 797 has been in-place for about three months and many pharmacies are scrambling to put the finishing touches on their quality management programs. Compliance to the new standards has not come without growing pains as pharmacists continue to focus on incorporating best practices into their compounding operations. One of the resulting challenges is the need for pharmacy to augment policy and procedures, including how the pharmacy will handle the processing of personnel competency, aseptic work practices, and required media fill samples.
