The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the ASHP Foundation have offered up guidelines on outsourcing sterile compounding services, following a deadly outbreak of meningitis caused by ...

Sterile compounding has long been recognized as a high-risk area of health system pharmacy. Traditional manual IV compounding techniques can be prone to human error, leading to incorrect ingredients ...

Below are some questions to be asked when considering contracting with an off-site compounding pharmacy. These questions were developed through the authors' experience and conversations with their ...

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) issued new standards for medication management in 2004, and United States Pharmacopeia standards for preparation of sterile ...

The article explains how sterile compounding processes protect patients through strict safety protocols, controlled environments, and quality-tested medications. Sterile compounding refers to the ...

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 ...

When you have to go on a medication, your doctor will probably prescribe a premade one that's FDA-approved. But sometimes, they may want you to go on a compounded medicine that's specifically made for ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Pharmacy will create a task force to look at how compounding pharmacies operate. Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies that mix and tailor their own drugs for ...