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USP <797>: Sterile Compounding Ten Tangible Things You Can Do Today to Make Your Pharmacy Compliant NYCPS Newsletter

December 31, 2024 No Comments

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.

USP <797>: Sterile Compounding Compounder Training – Who needs to be ready to compound? NYCPS Newsletter

October 1, 2024 No Comments

All community compounders should be aware by now that during the pandemic, the Board of Pharmacy changed the state practice by formally recognizing “Registered Pharmacy Technicians”1 as well as allowing a limited scope of practice of these persons to assist in the compounding process in some practice settings.

Identifying and Assigning a Designated Person to Supervise Your Compounding Operation Why is this essential, and what resources does this person need? NYCPS Newsletter

September 1, 2024 No Comments

The three most common USP General chapters which speak to the compounding of, or handling of drugs by pharmacists and other healthcare providers are USP General Chapters <795> – Pharmaceutical Compounding – Non-Sterile Preparations, USP <797> – Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparations, and USP <800> Hazardous Drugs – Handling in Healthcare Settings. We have addressed various topics within all these Chapters over the life of this series and we hope you have enjoyed our approach and found some value in their content.