In 2002, a total of 267 personnel underwent the competency evaluation. In 2003, the number increased to 272. Most of these individuals had extensive experience in sterile preparation and had ...

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 ...

Aseptic processing demands reliable, robust, and validated analytical methods to ensure sterility, safety, and quality, ...

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

Duke Raleigh Hospital recently became the first healthcare facility to utilize a certified USP 797 mobile cleanroom to assure uninterrupted pharmacy services. The advanced pharmacy unit, created by ...

The NU-NTE800 is a Compounding Aseptic Containment Isolator (CACI) composed of a stainless-steel enclosure and polycarbonate front window with gloves that provides 20 air changes per minute of ISO ...

Automation offers benefits for sterile manufacturing in 503B outsourcing facilities. Traditionally, compounding facilities—also called 503B outsourcing facilities in the United States in reference to ...

The University of South Carolina’s College of Pharmacy is opening a facility aimed at improving the safety of compounded medications after more than 750 people in 20 states, including three in South ...

Facility updates enhance the hands-on compounding training experience for pharmacies. “With Canadian regulations changing, it’s imperative for PCCA to provide compounders with state-of-the-art ...